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2 results for PROPERLY from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Jun 6, 2003	40A	According to Miss Manners	Randolph Ross	Shortz
Mon Aug 6, 2001	9D	As Miss Manners would do it	Bernice Gordon	Shortz

1 result for PROPERLY from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Jan 21, 2024	Cryptic	28A	Lasso tosser in practice the right way (8)	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

3 results for PROPERLY from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Nov 4, 1990	54A	In a seemly way	Frances Hansen	Maleska
Tue Jan 17, 1984	35D	In the correct way	Jesse Roarke	Maleska
Sun Jan 10, 1943	38A	Correctly.	Louis Jenkins	Farrar

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