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2 results for REFUTE from Modern Era puzzles:

Repeated clues show (number of Modern Era occurrences).

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Jan 17, 2021	117A	Prove wrong (2)	Tracy Gray and Tom Pepper	Shortz
Sat May 7, 2005	21A	Prove wrong (2)	Patrick Berry	Shortz

1 result for REFUTE from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Dec 19, 2010	Acrostic	O	Prove wrong, as an assertion	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

9 results for REFUTE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Jan 10, 1991	4D	Prove wrong	Frank Miceli	Maleska
Tue Mar 6, 1990	29A	Disprove	Wilson McBeath	Maleska
Fri Aug 23, 1985	10D	Disprove	Robert Katz	Maleska
Tue Jun 3, 1980	10D	Disprove	William Lutwiniak	Maleska
Sun Jul 26, 1970	61A	Disprove	Adelyn Lewis	Weng
Thu Dec 4, 1969	9D	Show to be false.	Unknown	Weng
Sun Jul 30, 1961	4D	Prove false.	Norma Schier	Farrar
Sat Feb 22, 1958	41D	Show to be invalid.	S. A. Kay	Farrar
Sun Feb 1, 1948	89A	Disprove.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar

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