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9 results for ANEEL from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Feb 17, 2015	39D	Slippery as ___ (9)	Bruce Haight	Shortz
Thu Oct 25, 2012	45D	Slippery as ___ (9)	Caleb Rasmussen	Shortz
Thu Apr 26, 2012	48D	Slippery as ___ (9)	Julian Lim	Shortz
Fri Jul 6, 2007	30A	Slippery as ___ (9)	Pete Mitchell	Shortz
Sun Apr 29, 2007	87A	Slippery as ___ (9)	Henry Hook	Shortz
Fri Jun 3, 2005	9D	Slippery as ___ (9)	Jim Hyres	Shortz
Sun Jul 25, 2004	7D	Slippery as ___ (9)	Brendan Emmett Quigley	Shortz
Fri Jul 23, 2004	31D	Slippery as ___ (9)	David Levinson Wilk	Shortz
Fri Nov 3, 1995	45A	Slippery as ___ (9)	David J. Kahn	Shortz

2 results for ANEEL from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Aug 24, 1986	59D	Slippery as ___	Arnold Moss	Maleska
Thu Jan 10, 1963	36A	"Yet you balanced ___ on the end of your nose ... "	Roberta Morse	Farrar

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