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1 result for ADULATION from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Oct 7, 2017	57A	Offering to an idol	Byron Walden	Shortz

5 results for ADULATION from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Aug 15, 1991	30A	Exaggerated praise	Melvin Kenworthy	Maleska
Sun Sep 18, 1988	105A	Flattery	John M. Samson	Maleska
Sat Dec 8, 1956	34D	Servile flattery.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar
Thu Jun 28, 1951	3D	Fulsome flattery.	W. E. Jones	Farrar
Sun Jun 1, 1947	23A	Servile flattery.	Archie S. Kreiling	Farrar

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