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3 results for ELUCIDATE from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
May 15, 2011	Cryptic	17D	Explain tricky clue one time (9)	Don Manley	Shortz
Oct 5, 2008	Cryptic	16D	Explain cryptic clue one time (9)	Richard Silvestri	Shortz
Jul 8, 2001	Cryptic	24A	Explain cryptic clue I see (9)	Richard Silvestri	Shortz

2 results for ELUCIDATE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Feb 5, 1964	30D	Make clear.	H. L. Risteen	Farrar
Tue Dec 29, 1959	14A	Make clear.	Unknown	Farrar

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