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3 results for APTERAL from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Aug 7, 2011	44D	Lacking a surrounding colonnade, as a temple	Tony Orbach and Janie Smulyan	Shortz
Sat Mar 28, 2009	22D	Having no aisles, in architecture	Joe Krozel	Shortz
Wed Jun 18, 1997	29A	Not having a surrounding colonnade, in architecture	Stanley B. Whitten	Shortz

4 results for APTERAL from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Jul 16, 1978	76A	Wingless	Maura B. Jacobson	Maleska
Sun Aug 20, 1972	78D	Wingless	Manuel Canyes	Weng
Sun Sep 18, 1955	53D	Wingless.	Helen Bernard	Farrar
Sun Feb 29, 1948	140A	The kiwi is.	Eileen St. Clair	Farrar

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