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1 result for STRAITLACED from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Apr 14, 2017	21D	Very conservative	Andrew Kingsley	Shortz

7 results for STRAITLACED from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Aug 26, 1985	17A	Priggish	Virginia L. Yates	Maleska
Fri May 11, 1984	27D	Excessively strict	Judson G. Trent	Maleska
Tue Mar 15, 1977	26D	Overly strict	William Lutwiniak	Maleska
Mon Aug 19, 1974	20A	Prudish	Jack L. Steinhardt	Weng
Thu Jun 6, 1968	34A	Prudish.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jun 20, 1965	34D	Like a bluenose.	Sidney Lambert	Farrar
Sat Nov 22, 1958	24D	Prim.	A. H. Drummond, Jr.	Farrar

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