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4 results for WHIFFS from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Feb 9, 2019	36D	Swings and misses	Ryan McCarty	Shortz
Wed Apr 4, 2012	51A	Quick smells (2)	Zoe Wheeler	Shortz
Wed Jul 31, 2002	5D	Quick smells (2)	Jerry E. Rosman	Shortz
Sat Jan 31, 1998	44D	Smells	Rich Norris	Shortz

1 result for WHIFFS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Jun 6, 1959	48D	Strikes out: Slang.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar

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