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20 results for GILD from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Jan 20, 2020	18A	Richly adorn (3)	Evan Kalish	Shortz
Sun Jun 2, 2019	81D	___ the lily (3)	Erik Agard	Shortz
Fri Oct 20, 2017	8D	Decorate elegantly	Peter Wentz	Shortz
Mon Dec 7, 2015	25D	___ the lily (3)	Jason Mueller	Shortz
Thu Sep 17, 2015	55D	Impart a false brilliance to	Timothy Polin	Shortz
Tue Mar 8, 2005	41A	Richly adorn (3)	Deb Amlen	Shortz
Thu May 27, 2004	46D	Put a coat on (2)	Cathy Millhauser	Shortz
Fri Feb 21, 2003	9D	Put a coat on (2)	Patrick Berry	Shortz
Wed Jan 2, 2002	53D	Embellish richly (2)	Sarah Keller	Shortz
Tue Oct 16, 2001	28D	Embellish richly (2)	Sarah Keller	Shortz
Sun Dec 17, 2000	76A	Embellish	Frances Hansen	Shortz
Wed Dec 1, 1999	32D	Richly adorn (3)	Bill Zais and Nancy Salomon	Shortz
Mon Aug 30, 1999	24A	Richly decorate	Margaret Watson	Shortz
Thu Jan 8, 1998	12D	Apply gold leaf to	Nancy S. Ross	Shortz
Tue Nov 26, 1996	25D	Decorate expensively	S. Spadaccini	Shortz
Mon Nov 11, 1996	21A	___ the lily (3)	S. Spadaccini	Shortz
Sat Jan 13, 1996	46D	Make deceptively attractive	J. Page	Shortz
Tue Apr 11, 1995	49D	Aurify	Gregory E. Paul	Shortz
Sun Mar 20, 1994	7D	Decorate, as a book	Joel Davajan	Shortz
Sat Jan 8, 1994	55A	Decorate	Rand H. Burns	Shortz

22 results for GILD from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Apr 19, 1993	21D	Embellish	Alex F. Black	Maleska
Sun Nov 3, 1991	70D	Decorate a lily	Maura B. Jacobson	Maleska
Sun Jan 18, 1987	129D	Embellish	Bert Rosenfield	Maleska
Tue Jan 6, 1987	39A	Adorn, in a way	Judson G. Trent	Maleska
Thu Feb 7, 1985	17A	Coat superficially	Joy L. Wouk	Maleska
Tue Apr 3, 1984	38D	Overlay with gold	Lois Sidway	Maleska
Wed Aug 24, 1983	1D	Add unnecessarily	Louis Sabin	Maleska
Wed Jul 29, 1981	8D	Coat with a gold color	Jeanette K. Brill	Maleska
Wed Jul 22, 1981	6D	Try in vain to improve a lily	Louis Sabin	Maleska
Sun Mar 9, 1975	108D	Adorn	Maura B. Jacobson	Weng
Sat Mar 24, 1973	7D	___ the lily	Unknown	Weng
Sun Feb 4, 1973	32A	Embellish	Keith Blake	Weng
Tue Jul 28, 1970	23D	Embellish	Unknown	Weng
Tue Oct 14, 1969	64A	Embellish.	Unknown	Weng
Sat Sep 11, 1965	58D	Embellish.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat Aug 30, 1958	62A	Paint golden.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jan 26, 1958	29A	Brighten.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar
Tue Feb 28, 1956	40A	"To ___ refined gold ... "	S. A. Kay	Farrar
Tue Apr 15, 1952	46A	Give a bright but misleading appearance to.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Sep 28, 1951	53D	Paint with gold.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat Feb 17, 1951	51D	Embellish.	James Nesi	Farrar
Sun Jun 27, 1943	3D	Embellish.	Louis Baron	Farrar

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