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4 results for DILLY from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Jul 19, 2023	52D	Humdinger	Billy Bratton	Shortz
Sat Aug 20, 2016	49D	Lollapalooza	Mark Diehl	Shortz
Sat Jan 11, 2014	5D	Corker	Martin Ashwood-Smith	Shortz
Mon May 28, 2001	27D	Ripsnorter	Gregory E. Paul	Shortz

9 results for DILLY from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Feb 19, 1987	36A	Outstanding person	George Madrid	Maleska
Wed Aug 10, 1977	47D	Lalapalooza	Herb L. Risteen	Maleska
Wed Jul 21, 1976	49D	Something remarkable	Anthony B. Canning	Weng
Sun Jun 6, 1976	44D	Pip	Tom Sheehan	Weng
Tue Jan 2, 1968	24D	Humdinger.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed Nov 11, 1964	40A	Outstanding thing: Slang.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Sep 8, 1964	64A	Humdinger.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon Jul 6, 1959	13D	Daffodil: Colloq.	Isaac Kert	Farrar
Thu Jan 3, 1957	49D	Something superior: Slang.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar

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