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1 result for DARKENS from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Jul 23, 2014	57A	What the moon does during a lunar eclipse	Howard Barkin	Shortz

1 result for DARKENS from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sep 21, 1997	Cryptic	20D	Shades in more than one family room concealing place of refuge (7)	Richard Silvestri	Shortz

4 results for DARKENS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Nov 27, 1979	22A	Obscures	Jeanette K. Brill	Maleska
Mon Sep 28, 1964	43D	Obscures.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Apr 3, 1958	44A	Obscures.	Sidney Lambert	Farrar
Tue Apr 24, 1956	24D	Obscures.	Unknown	Farrar

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