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8 results for PAREN from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Apr 7, 2024	124A	Emoticon's mouth, for short	Tracy Gray	Fagliano
Wed Dec 16, 2020	10D	), briefly	Ed Salners and Alex Eaton-Salners	Shortz
Sun Mar 4, 2018	52A	Symbol over 9 or 0 on a keyboard, for short	Byron Walden	Shortz
Sun Sep 27, 2009	78D	One end of a digression, for short?	Patrick Berry	Shortz
Wed Dec 13, 2006	12D	Emoticon element, for short	David Sullivan	Shortz
Sun May 25, 2003	115A	Start of an aside, for short	David J. Kahn	Shortz
Sat Jun 27, 1998	5D	Figure above a 9 or 0, for short	Alan Jay Weiss	Shortz
Sat Mar 15, 1997	27D	Punc. mark	Daniel R. Stark	Shortz

7 results for PAREN from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Jul 30, 1992	38A	Printer's bracket, for short	Peggy Devlin	Maleska
Sun Oct 2, 1988	69A	Rel. of a bracket	Judson G. Trent	Maleska
Sun Apr 13, 1986	110A	( or ), for short	Norma Steinberg	Maleska
Sun Mar 30, 1975	19A	Punctuation mark: Abbr.	Eugene T. Maleska	Weng
Thu Mar 6, 1975	30D	Punctuation mark: Abbr.	Maura B. Jacobson	Weng
Mon Feb 20, 1961	28D	Qualifying word or phrase: Abbr.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Feb 4, 1955	57D	Qualifying phrase: Abbr.	W. E. Jones	Farrar

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