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4 results for FIRMER from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue May 12, 2020	3D	Less yielding, as a mattress	Tom Pepper and Zhouqin Burnikel	Shortz
Sun Dec 11, 2016	97D	Not as lax	Tom McCoy	Shortz
Tue Jul 4, 2000	6D	Less flexible	Tyler Hinman	Shortz
Tue May 9, 2000	6D	Not so gentle	Elizabeth C. Gorski	Shortz

1 result for FIRMER from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Apr 29, 2012	Panda	51A	Like resolute emir: Fr.	Mel Taub	Shortz

3 results for FIRMER from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Dec 3, 1977	40A	Less lenient	Hallie & Gerald Parsons	Maleska
Tue Jul 24, 1962	48D	More resolute.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Mar 14, 1943	76A	More unyielding.	Charles Erlenkotter	Farrar

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