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4 results for SMITING from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Jul 31, 2016	70D	Striking down	Ruth Bloomfield Margolin	Shortz
Fri Apr 2, 2004	41D	Rapping	Gilbert H. Ludwig	Shortz
Sat Mar 11, 2000	15D	Beating badly	Randolph Ross	Shortz
Fri Mar 10, 1995	41D	Hitting hard	Frank A. Longo	Shortz

3 results for SMITING from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Sep 8, 1986	28A	Striking	Whitten	Maleska
Sat Nov 14, 1959	24A	Striking hard.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Dec 26, 1954	49D	Hitting.	Herbert Ettenson	Farrar

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