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4 results for AFLY from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Nov 24, 2019	25A	Emily Dickinson's "I heard ___ buzz - when I died"	Frank Longo	Shortz
Tue Aug 18, 2015	24D	Wouldn't hurt ___	Bill Thompson	Shortz
Mon Jul 14, 1997	33D	Be ___ in the ointment	Mark Elliot Skolsky	Shortz
Wed Feb 1, 1995	22A	___ in the ointment	Chet Currier	Shortz

4 results for AFLY from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Apr 3, 1990	49A	"Am not I/___ like thee?": Blake	Lois Sidway	Maleska
Thu Mar 24, 1988	5D	" ... man is not ___": Pope	Bert Rosenfield	Maleska
Fri May 12, 1967	47D	___ in the ointment.	Diana Sessions	Farrar
Tue Feb 12, 1963	53D	___ in the ointment.	Diana Sessions	Farrar

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