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6 results for JOVIAL from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Oct 22, 2018	55A	*Jolly	Alex Eaton-Salners	Shortz
Fri Sep 4, 2015	41D	Good-humored (2)	David C. Duncan Dekker	Shortz
Sat Dec 6, 2014	42D	Full of high spirits	Josh Knapp	Shortz
Fri Oct 12, 2012	60A	Mirthful (2)	Martin Ashwood-Smith	Shortz
Wed May 5, 2010	53A	Good-humored (2)	Dan Schoenholz	Shortz
Fri Jun 10, 1994	4A	Mirthful (2)	Wayne Robert Williams	Shortz

5 results for JOVIAL from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Dec 6, 1991	9D	Merry	Jeanette K. Brill	Maleska
Fri Oct 28, 1988	57A	Merry	S. E. Wilkinson	Maleska
Tue Nov 9, 1971	42D	Good-humored	Joli Quentin Kansil	Weng
Thu Feb 9, 1967	48D	Full of good humor.	Helen Fasulo	Farrar
Mon Feb 18, 1952	7D	Endowed with a spirit of goodfellowship.	Unknown	Farrar

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