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3 results for HELPLESS from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Aug 26, 2018	60D	Impotent	Olivia Mitra Framke	Shortz
Tue Aug 2, 2016	3D	What the mansion owner didn't want to be?	Paula Gamache	Shortz
Sun Jan 2, 1994	86A	Worse than feeble	Brian G. Tyler	Shortz

2 results for HELPLESS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Feb 1, 1987	94A	Incapacitated	Frances Hansen	Maleska
Wed Aug 15, 1979	36D	Incapacitated	Charles Engler	Maleska

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