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4 results for WAILED from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Aug 20, 2024	24D	Cried loudly	Sam Buchbinder	Fagliano
Wed Mar 27, 2013	53A	Engaged in some histrionics	David J. Kahn	Shortz
Fri Aug 19, 2005	64A	Bayed	David Liben-Nowell	Shortz
Fri Mar 9, 2001	40A	Imitated a siren	Mitch Komro	Shortz

4 results for WAILED from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Oct 15, 1985	52A	Lamented	Stanley B. Whitten	Maleska
Sat Feb 25, 1967	50A	Ululated.	W. E. Jones	Farrar
Thu Feb 21, 1952	33A	Moaned.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Nov 15, 1951	14D	Sounded mournfully.	Unknown	Farrar

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