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11 results for LOAFS from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Nov 12, 2023	67D	Enjoys doing nothing	Garrett Chalfin	Shortz
Sun Jun 12, 2022	72D	Lazes around	Will Nediger	Shortz
Mon Aug 17, 2020	20A	Lollygags	Alan Massengill and Andrea Carla Michaels	Shortz
Sun Oct 7, 2018	70D	Lounges	Tom McCoy	Shortz
Mon May 30, 2016	24D	Hangs around and does nothing	David Woolf	Shortz
Fri Jan 23, 2015	60A	Does nothing	Ed Sessa	Shortz
Wed Sep 24, 2014	1A	Bums around	Andy Kravis	Shortz
Thu Feb 27, 2014	16D	Slacks off	Stanley Newman	Shortz
Wed Sep 15, 2010	23A	Takes it easy	Zoe Wheeler, Brown University '12	Shortz
Sat May 24, 2003	6D	Doesn't work	Rich Norris	Shortz
Sun Jan 9, 1994	17A	Fritters away time	Mel Rosen	Shortz

12 results for LOAFS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Oct 9, 1985	3D	Idles	Lois Sidway	Maleska
Tue Oct 1, 1985	34D	Lazes	Jeffrey A. Mercer	Maleska
Sun Sep 22, 1985	65D	Idles	E. T. M.	Maleska
Thu Apr 1, 1982	6D	Idles	Ernst Theimer	Maleska
Tue Sep 10, 1974	25D	Goldbricks	Gladys V. Miller	Weng
Sun Jun 9, 1968	62D	Kills time.	S. Lambert	Farrar
Sun May 12, 1963	12A	Acts like a drone.	William Weng	Farrar
Sat Dec 3, 1960	27D	Takes it easy.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed Mar 26, 1958	37A	Dawdles.	Walter H. Blum	Farrar
Sun Sep 5, 1954	124A	Dawdles.	H. L. Risteen	Farrar
Thu Oct 12, 1950	49D	Dawdles.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Apr 23, 1950	98D	Does nothing.	Elizabeth Patterson	Farrar

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