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1 result for EFFECTIVE from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Mar 25, 2021	25A	Opposite of [circled letters]	Alex Eaton-Salners	Shortz

1 result for EFFECTIVE from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
May 28, 2017	Acrostic	M	Producing results; as of the date	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

2 results for EFFECTIVE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Nov 12, 1962	34D	Powerful.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Mar 30, 1947	15D	Telling.	Louis Jenkins	Farrar

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