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4 results for WRYLY from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Nov 18, 2019	43D	With tongue in cheek	Alan Arbesfeld	Shortz
Thu Mar 1, 2018	27D	How some jokes are delivered	Timothy Polin	Shortz
Sat Dec 24, 2016	9D	How Stephen Colbert sometimes speaks	David Steinberg	Shortz
Sun Dec 31, 2006	55A	In a sardonic way	Elizabeth C. Gorski	Shortz

3 results for WRYLY from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Sep 25, 1988	63D	In a distorted way	Betty Jorgensen	Maleska
Mon Aug 30, 1971	47D	Perversely	Unknown	Weng
Tue Jul 26, 1960	52D	Ironically.	Unknown	Farrar

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