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3 results for TEARSUP from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Jul 20, 2013	37A	Shows some emotion	Tim Croce	Shortz
Wed Jul 13, 2011	7D	Is overcome by emotion, maybe	Joon Pahk	Shortz
Wed Nov 19, 1997	40A	Starts to cry	Elizabeth C. Gorski	Shortz

3 results for TEARSUP from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Feb 13, 1968	9D	Destroys, in a way.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jun 20, 1965	39A	Shreds.	Sidney Lambert	Farrar
Sun Jun 29, 1958	7A	Removes by violence.	A. H. Drummond Jr.	Farrar

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