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3 results for FAILED from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Apr 3, 2022	62D	Went under	Byron Walden	Shortz
Mon Mar 27, 2017	28D	Unsuccessful	Tom McCoy	Shortz
Sat Sep 13, 2008	19A	Went belly up	Will Nediger	Shortz

6 results for FAILED from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Apr 27, 1982	32A	Was unsuccessful	Kathryn Righter	Maleska
Fri Jul 13, 1973	45A	Went bankrupt	Ted Kern	Weng
Thu Mar 26, 1970	17A	Became insolvent	Unknown	Weng
Wed May 4, 1955	35D	Was unsuccessful.	Dorothy E. Smith	Farrar
Sun May 24, 1953	110A	Verb in a Kipling title.	Alice Cook	Farrar
Sun Jul 24, 1949	64A	Became weaker.	Alice Cook	Farrar

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