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2 results for PAIDOUT from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Dec 26, 2014	12D	Disbursed	Patrick Berry	Shortz
Wed May 11, 1994	65A	Forked over	Harvey Estes	Shortz

1 result for PAIDOUT from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Apr 17, 2022	Panda	26D	Dispersed 500 in utopia	Daniel Raymon	Shortz

2 results for PAIDOUT from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Jul 7, 1962	39D	Expended.	Sidney Lambert	Farrar
Tue Jan 3, 1961	39D	Expended.	Unknown	Farrar

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