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3 results for STRAINED from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Feb 5, 2017	6A	Material commonly used during cathedral construction	Sam Trabucco	Shortz
Sun Mar 22, 2015	18A	Like some muscles and baby food	Jeremy Newton	Shortz
Fri May 28, 2004	16A	Like some relations	Manny Nosowsky	Shortz

2 results for STRAINED from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Jan 18, 2015	Diagramless	39D	Like much baby food	Fred Piscop	Shortz
Sep 3, 2006	Acrostic	A	Labored; prepared for an infant?	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

8 results for STRAINED from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Mar 30, 1992	21A	Done with excessive effort	Mary S. Snyder	Maleska
Sat Oct 18, 1986	33D	Filtered	Frederick Duda	Maleska
Mon Jul 9, 1984	9D	Filtered	John H. Hales	Maleska
Mon May 14, 1979	55A	Exerted oneself	Gaarder	Maleska
Sun Feb 26, 1978	11D	Under great tension	Kenneth Haxton	Maleska
Thu Mar 7, 1968	6D	Tense.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Oct 18, 1964	102D	Filtered.	Hume R. Craft	Farrar
Thu Aug 5, 1954	33A	Filtered.	Arthur Schulman	Farrar

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