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1 result for SHORTFALL from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat May 14, 2022	16A	Unanticipated deficit	Ada Nicolle	Shortz

1 result for SHORTFALL from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Aug 5, 2018	Acrostic	O	Failure to meet a hoped-for amount; deficit	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

2 results for SHORTFALL from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Oct 7, 1987	4D	Deficiency	Barbara J. Weakley	Maleska
Sun Oct 23, 1949	85A	Deficit.	Willard N. Jordan	Farrar

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