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4 results for SEVERANCE from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Oct 27, 2018	32D	Cabbage for canning?	Byron Walden	Shortz
Fri Nov 4, 2005	34D	Kind of package	Martin Ashwood-Smith	Shortz
Tue Sep 16, 2003	5D	Pay after a layoff	Michael Doran	Shortz
Sat Mar 2, 1996	26A	Kind of check	N. Joline	Shortz

7 results for SEVERANCE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Jun 30, 1985	4D	Division	Caroline G. Fitzgerald	Maleska
Sun Mar 7, 1976	22A	Kind of pay	Maura B. Jacobson	Weng
Thu Dec 17, 1964	6D	One kind of pay.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri May 11, 1962	56A	One kind of pay.	Joseph LaFauci	Farrar
Thu Apr 27, 1961	63A	___ pay.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed May 13, 1959	30D	Partition.	Joseph LaFauci	Farrar
Wed Jan 28, 1953	63A	Breaking off, as of relations.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar

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