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3 results for TORTURED from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Apr 21, 2012	35D	Taking great pains	Barry C. Silk	Shortz
Wed Dec 10, 2008	31A	Stretched much too far, as language	Joe Krozel	Shortz
Sat Jan 22, 2000	57A	"___ with history" (like the Mississippi, to Hart Crane)	David J. Kahn	Shortz

4 results for TORTURED from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Oct 19, 1985	40D	Twisted, as meanings	Peter G. Snow	Maleska
Mon Jan 5, 1953	39A	Racked.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar
Wed Apr 16, 1952	45A	Racked.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Jun 5, 1951	38D	Suffering anguish.	Unknown	Farrar

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