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9 results for ADAB from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Apr 22, 2023	10D	Not much, as of gel	Byron Walden	Shortz
Tue Jul 6, 2021	59D	Not much, as of cream	Katie Hale	Shortz
Thu Mar 22, 2018	55D	Not much, as of lotion	Ross Trudeau	Shortz
Sun Jan 10, 2016	102A	Not much at all (2)	Patrick Merrell	Shortz
Tue Oct 27, 2015	40A	Just ___ (very little)	Kurt Mueller	Shortz
Sun Apr 7, 2013	38D	Not much, as of paint	Matt Ginsberg	Shortz
Thu Jul 5, 2007	49A	Not very much	Elizabeth C. Gorski	Shortz
Sun Aug 21, 2005	46D	Very little	Byron Walden	Shortz
Sun Jul 24, 2005	7D	Not much at all (2)	Frank Longo	Shortz

2 results for ADAB from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Jan 23, 1986	32A	"The Yankee is ___ ... ": Chesterton	Jim Page	Maleska
Sun Mar 9, 1975	59D	Apply ___ of paint (touch up)	Maura B. Jacobson	Weng

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