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5 results for COARSEN from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Jan 28, 2023	44A	What a laborer's hands may do over time	Kevin Christian	Shortz
Sat Oct 28, 2017	37D	Make rough (3)	Roland Huget	Shortz
Tue May 23, 2017	29D	Make rough (3)	Zhouqin Burnikel	Shortz
Sun Apr 8, 2007	78D	Make rough (3)	Byron Walden	Shortz
Sun Apr 27, 1997	51D	Get tough	Matt Gaffney	Shortz

6 results for COARSEN from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun May 27, 1984	88A	Make rougher	Ernst T. Theimer	Maleska
Sun Apr 2, 1978	56D	Make vulgar	Richard Silvestri	Maleska
Sun Apr 20, 1975	83A	Debase	Mary M. Murdoch	Weng
Sun Feb 3, 1974	47D	Make crude	Bert Kruse	Weng
Sat Mar 10, 1951	17A	Make crude.	Edward Buckler	Farrar
Sun Jan 23, 1944	103A	Thicken.	Jackson Cross	Farrar

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