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2 results for SHIFTY from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Nov 6, 2016	68D	Hard to pin down	Joe DiPietro	Shortz
Wed Aug 6, 2014	23D	Deceitful	Brendan Emmett Quigley	Shortz

1 result for SHIFTY from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sep 11, 2011	Acrostic	T	Untrustworthy, devious	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

7 results for SHIFTY from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Sep 23, 1990	5D	Evasive	Louis Sabin	Maleska
Sun Dec 21, 1986	114A	Furtive	John M. Samson	Maleska
Wed Jun 16, 1982	43D	Evasive	Christy Ridley	Maleska
Thu Apr 27, 1967	49D	Evasive.	Louise Earnest	Farrar
Wed Sep 1, 1965	5D	Evasive.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Jul 21, 1959	5D	Tricky.	Louis Sabin	Farrar
Thu Jan 21, 1954	45D	Describing good quarterbacks or quibblers.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar

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