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2 results for VILLAIN from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun May 23, 1999	67A	Heavy (2)	Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon	Shortz
Sun Nov 5, 1995	9D	Heavy (2)	Dean Niles	Shortz

1 result for VILLAIN from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Jun 23, 2013	Cryptic	1A	Scoundrel in back of country house ... (7)	Rosalie Moscovitch	Shortz

4 results for VILLAIN from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Aug 23, 1992	16D	Heavy	Arthur S. Verdesca	Maleska
Tue Jan 28, 1992	24D	Role for Greenstreet	Melvin Kenworthy	Maleska
Fri Apr 29, 1988	50A	No nice guy, he	Joel D. Lafargue	Maleska
Sat Nov 21, 1959	43D	Bad man.	Unknown	Farrar

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