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1 result for BALEFUL from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Jul 13, 2011	42D	Portending evil	Joon Pahk	Shortz

1 result for BALEFUL from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Jul 6, 2014	Cryptic	2D	Ominous amount of hay? (7)	Richard Silvestri	Shortz

3 results for BALEFUL from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Nov 11, 1984	97A	Ominous	Mark Diehl	Maleska
Sat Jan 28, 1961	43D	Evil.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun May 2, 1943	89D	Pernicious.	I. Kert	Farrar

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