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3 results for AFEARD from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Dec 9, 2012	6D	Frightened, in dialect (2)	Patrick Berry	Shortz
Thu Mar 18, 1999	8D	Trepid, dialectally	Rand H. Burns	Shortz
Sat Apr 30, 1994	27A	Frightened, in dialect (2)	Wayne Robert Williams	Shortz

4 results for AFEARD from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat May 1, 1993	5D	Ascared	June A. Boggs	Maleska
Sun Nov 11, 1990	44D	" ... I am ___": Romeo	June A. Boggs	Maleska
Mon Jun 2, 1975	5D	Skeered	Ruth N. Schultz	Weng
Thu Aug 30, 1956	44A	Frightened: Dial.	Unknown	Farrar

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