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3 results for NEERDOWELL from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Jul 17, 2009	13D	Bum (2)	Doug Peterson and Barry C. Silk	Shortz
Sat May 13, 2006	11D	Bum (2)	Brendan Emmett Quigley	Shortz
Sun Dec 3, 2000	16D	Cad	Elizabeth C. Gorski	Shortz

11 results for NEERDOWELL from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Oct 28, 1985	29D	Scapegrace	James R. Burns	Maleska
Thu Feb 7, 1985	29D	Worthless one	Joy L. Wouk	Maleska
Tue Jun 3, 1969	29D	Chronic idler.	Unknown	Weng
Mon Nov 21, 1966	3D	Black sheep's cousin.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Jan 27, 1966	65A	Shiftless.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Jul 13, 1965	55A	Shiftless.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Feb 6, 1964	52A	Cousin of a sad sack.	William Lutwiniak	Farrar
Tue Dec 10, 1957	27D	Relative of a black sheep.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon Jul 1, 1957	65A	Black sheep.	Helen Fasulo	Farrar
Sun Jun 16, 1957	15D	Scapegrace.	C. Hume Craft	Farrar
Thu May 6, 1954	3D	Good-for-nothing.	Unknown	Farrar

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