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1 result for ARDUOUS from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Jul 9, 2000	112A	Backbreaking	Manny Nosowsky	Shortz

1 result for ARDUOUS from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Dec 12, 2010	Panda	29A	Our U.S.D.A. is tough	Mel Taub	Shortz

5 results for ARDUOUS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Nov 28, 1966	45D	Hard.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Oct 28, 1962	96A	Toilsome.	W. E. Jones	Farrar
Sun Nov 20, 1960	58D	Strenuous.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Tue Jul 31, 1956	57A	Difficult to do.	Churchill Satterlee	Farrar
Sun Sep 11, 1949	34A	Laborious.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar

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