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2 results for NECRO from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Apr 29, 2015	41D	Dead: Prefix (2)	Daniel Landman	Shortz
Tue May 24, 2011	22A	Dead: Prefix (2)	Michael Blake and Andrea Carla Michaels	Shortz

6 results for NECRO from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Jul 6, 1988	49D	Dead tissue: Comb. form	Robert O. Dillman	Maleska
Sun Aug 30, 1981	78D	Prefix for mancy	Dorothea E. Shipp	Maleska
Thu Jun 1, 1978	54A	Extinct: Prefix	Dorothea E. Shipp	Maleska
Thu Oct 21, 1965	29A	Death: Prefix.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu May 24, 1962	30A	Death: Prefix.	Joseph Crowell	Farrar
Sun Nov 5, 1961	90D	Death: Prefix.	Brice Metcalfe	Farrar

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