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6 results for SPARSER from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Dec 22, 2015	47A	Like the population of Alaska vis-à-vis New Jersey	Tom McCoy	Shortz
Sun Nov 6, 2011	54D	Less abundant	Elizabeth C. Gorski	Shortz
Sun Oct 12, 2008	14D	Less dense	Rich Norris	Shortz
Sat Jul 14, 2001	8D	Not so dense	David J. Kahn	Shortz
Fri Apr 14, 2000	18A	Less thick	Martin Ashwood-Smith	Shortz
Wed May 14, 1997	47D	Thinner	Norman S. Wizer	Shortz

13 results for SPARSER from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Jul 18, 1992	40D	Less dense	Daniel Girardi	Maleska
Sat Jun 29, 1991	8A	Less abundant	Kevin Boyle	Maleska
Sun Apr 7, 1991	49A	Less populated	Valerie Meunier	Maleska
Sat Apr 1, 1989	58A	Less dense	Ernst Theimer	Maleska
Fri Jul 4, 1986	24A	More widely spaced	H. Hastings Reddall	Maleska
Thu May 9, 1957	31A	Scantier.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Sun Oct 28, 1956	7D	More thinly scattered.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Thu Aug 4, 1955	25D	Scantier.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Mon Nov 29, 1954	1D	Scarcer.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Jul 29, 1954	32A	More meager.	H. L. Risteen	Farrar
Mon Jul 14, 1952	40D	Less abundant.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun May 11, 1952	8D	Scantier.	Hilda E. Allen	Farrar
Sun Jul 29, 1945	153A	Thinner.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar

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