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4 results for PIERCES from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Jun 2, 2020	11D	Pokes through	John Guzzetta	Shortz
Sun Jul 30, 2017	89D	Goes through (2)	Isaac Mizrahi and David J. Kahn	Shortz
Sat Jun 2, 2007	5D	Runs through	Byron Walden	Shortz
Sun Aug 28, 2005	52D	Goes through (2)	Nancy Nicholson Joline	Shortz

1 result for PIERCES from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Nov 1, 2020	Cryptic	1A	Recipes confused bores (7)	John Forbes	Shortz

3 results for PIERCES from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Oct 1, 1992	26D	Barbara Bush's family	Walter Covell	Maleska
Sun Mar 14, 1982	77A	White House family: 1853-57	Fletcher Ingalls	Maleska
Sun May 25, 1958	84A	14th President and family.	Hume R. Craft	Farrar

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