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4 results for FRUMP from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Oct 5, 2005	31A	Dowdy one	Nancy Salomon	Shortz
Tue Oct 19, 1999	36A	Not a stylish dresser	Fred Piscop	Shortz
Sun Sep 3, 1995	79D	Dowdy person (2)	Ernie Furtado	Shortz
Mon Feb 21, 1994	42D	Dowdy person (2)	Harvey Estes	Shortz

1 result for FRUMP from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Jun 9, 2013	Diagramless	11A	Hardly a fashionable dresser	Fred Piscop	Shortz

14 results for FRUMP from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Aug 7, 1988	29D	Dowdy one	Maura B. Jacobson	Maleska
Wed Jun 20, 1984	39A	Dowdy woman	Frank Geary	Maleska
Tue Apr 1, 1975	26D	Dowdy one	Beverly J. Seward	Weng
Thu Sep 17, 1970	27D	Dowdy dame	Unknown	Weng
Sun Aug 20, 1967	73D	No fashion plate.	Sidney Lambert	Farrar
Wed Sep 8, 1965	25A	Dowdy one.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Mar 9, 1965	19D	The Mother-Hubbard type.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat Jan 2, 1965	17A	Dowdy one.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Apr 2, 1961	26D	Dowdy one: Colloq.	Sidney Lambert	Farrar
Tue Aug 16, 1960	38D	Opposite of a fashion plate.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Dec 27, 1959	85D	Dowdy housewife.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar
Tue Nov 3, 1959	1A	Not best-dressed woman.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Jun 19, 1953	4D	Candidate for the worst-dressed woman.	Sidney Lambert	Farrar
Wed Nov 12, 1952	16A	She's not on the list of best-dressed women.	Unknown	Farrar

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