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4 results for DICTATE from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Jun 23, 2022	1D	Call the shots (2)	Jeff Chen	Shortz
Wed Feb 27, 2019	42A	Pre-44-Across	Will Nediger	Shortz
Fri Dec 9, 2016	10D	State for the record	David Phillips	Shortz
Sat Aug 12, 1995	8D	Call the shots (2)	A.J. Santora	Shortz

1 result for DICTATE from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Oct 17, 2010	Diagramless	1D	Impose, as conditions	Paula Gamache	Shortz

22 results for DICTATE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu May 14, 1992	9D	Give orders	Joel D. Lafargue	Maleska
Sun Jan 13, 1991	61A	Give orders	Kenneth Haxton	Maleska
Mon May 24, 1976	4D	Give orders	Elizabeth M. Quackenbush	Weng
Sat Jan 10, 1976	32A	Give orders	H. Hastings Reddall	Weng
Fri Mar 24, 1972	50A	Prescribe	Unknown	Weng
Tue Apr 30, 1968	48A	Give orders.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jun 14, 1964	105D	Command.	Anthony Morse	Farrar
Sun May 12, 1963	56A	Do an office job.	William Weng	Farrar
Wed Dec 6, 1961	40D	Lay down the law.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Aug 9, 1960	35A	Lay down the law to.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Apr 8, 1958	16A	Command expressly.	H. L. Risteen	Farrar
Mon Nov 19, 1956	55A	Command expressly.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Apr 10, 1956	10D	Command expressly.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Sep 20, 1955	49A	Positive command.	Madeline Corse	Farrar
Mon Mar 14, 1955	7D	Lay down the law.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Wed Jun 23, 1954	22A	Give orders arbitrarily.	M. S. Manning	Farrar
Sun Oct 18, 1953	24A	A command.	Sam Lake	Farrar
Sat Jun 14, 1952	49A	Rule behind the Iron Curtain.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jul 8, 1951	80D	What bosses do.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Sun Aug 6, 1950	78D	Read aloud.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Sun Jan 22, 1950	59D	Command.	Alice Cook	Farrar
Sun Nov 28, 1943	106D	Command.	Louis Jenkins	Farrar

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