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16 results for WHUP from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Dec 24, 2024	57D	Trounce, informally	Sarah Sinclair	Fagliano
Mon Jan 23, 2023	53D	Beat decisively, informally	Adrian Johnson	Shortz
Mon Aug 22, 2022	2D	Clobber but good	Doug Burnikel and Zhouqin Burnikel	Shortz
Thu Jul 11, 2019	32A	Give a good beatin'	Alex Eaton-Salners	Shortz
Sun Aug 14, 2016	56A	Beat the tar out of	Ian Livengood	Shortz
Sun Oct 6, 2013	66D	Lick (2)	Patrick Berry	Shortz
Fri Oct 12, 2012	1A	Clobber	Martin Ashwood-Smith	Shortz
Thu Jul 28, 2011	60D	Beat and how! (2)	Alan Arbesfeld	Shortz
Thu Nov 19, 2009	26A	Tan	Tyler Hinman and Jeremy Horwitz	Shortz
Sat Sep 10, 2005	33D	Beat, and how! (2)	David J. Kahn	Shortz
Thu Aug 19, 2004	45D	Trounce	Ed Early	Shortz
Mon Aug 13, 2001	10A	Beat but good!	Sherry O. Blackard	Shortz
Sat Oct 3, 1998	4D	Paste	Rich Norris	Shortz
Thu Nov 9, 1995	54D	Lick (2)	Bob Sefick	Shortz
Sat Sep 2, 1995	52D	Defeat, slangily	Manny Nosowsky	Shortz
Mon Oct 3, 1994	37D	Defeat, a la Ali	Stanley Newman	Shortz

2 results for WHUP from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Jun 27, 1979	5D	Larrup, Ali style	Henry Hook	Maleska
Thu Nov 3, 1955	4D	Beat: Dial.	Unknown	Farrar

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