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2 results for IRONCLAD from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Feb 4, 2017	17A	Inflexible, as rules	Patrick Berry	Shortz
Fri Aug 7, 2015	59A	Airtight	Peter Wentz	Shortz

1 result for IRONCLAD from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mar 12, 2000	Acrostic	H	The Monitor or the Virginia, e.g.	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

3 results for IRONCLAD from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Jul 28, 1987	55A	Difficult to change or break	Elaine George	Maleska
Wed Apr 24, 1968	8D	Kind of alibi.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat Jul 4, 1959	27A	Unbreakable, as a lease.	Unknown	Farrar

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