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3 results for APAIL from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Nov 24, 2001	11D	"... ___ of water"	Rich Norris	Shortz
Mon Oct 1, 2001	53A	"... to fetch ___ of water"	Janice M. Putney	Shortz
Sun Aug 31, 1997	45D	"To fetch ___..."	David J. Kahn	Shortz

17 results for APAIL from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Jun 2, 1989	60A	" ... to fetch ___ of water"	Margaret W. Huskey	Maleska
Sun Jul 8, 1984	120D	" ... to fetch ___ of water"	Barry L. Cohen	Maleska
Wed Jul 27, 1983	13A	"To fetch ___ of water"	Virginia P. Abelson	Maleska
Sat Jan 15, 1983	62A	" ... to fetch ___ of water"	Robert Katz	Maleska
Sat Dec 30, 1978	2D	"To fetch ___ of water"	Russell	Maleska
Sat Dec 9, 1978	33D	"To fetch ___ ... "	Pollard	Maleska
Mon Jun 9, 1975	50A	" ... to fetch ___ of water"	Andrew Lesko	Weng
Fri Apr 11, 1975	5A	"To fetch ___ of water"	Jordan S. Lasher	Weng
Thu Mar 20, 1975	29A	" ... fetch ___ of water"	Sidney Frank	Weng
Fri Mar 14, 1975	6D	" ... to fetch ___ of water"	Sophie Fierman	Weng
Tue Jan 23, 1973	6D	"To fetch ___ of ... "	Unknown	Weng
Sun Aug 15, 1971	23A	" ... fetch ___ of water"	A. J. Santora	Weng
Sat Jun 12, 1971	61A	"To fetch ___ of ... "	Unknown	Weng
Thu Oct 10, 1968	33A	"To fetch ___ ... "	Unknown	Farrar
Wed Nov 29, 1967	45D	"To fetch ___ of water."	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Aug 13, 1961	20A	"To fetch ___ of water."	Mel Taub	Farrar
Mon Jul 18, 1955	47A	Jack and Jill's burden.	Fletcher Coates	Farrar

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