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2 results for VERBOSE from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Mar 18, 2016	29D	Denoting the style in which one might consider this clue to be written	Michael Wiesenberg	Shortz
Mon Jun 29, 2015	46D	Wordy	Todd Gross and Andrea Carla Michaels	Shortz

1 result for VERBOSE from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
May 22, 2011	Acrostic	I	Apt to say or write a thing in a lot more words than one may really need	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

6 results for VERBOSE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Jun 13, 1992	18A	Anagram for 17 Across	Eugene T. Maleska	Maleska
Fri May 3, 1991	22D	Prolix	Betty Hinman	Maleska
Thu Mar 5, 1987	5D	Prolix	William S. McIlrath	Maleska
Sun Feb 27, 1977	11D	Prolix	William Lutwiniak	Weng
Mon Nov 5, 1973	55A	Talkative	Unknown	Weng
Sat Sep 15, 1962	40D	Loquacious.	Unknown	Farrar

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