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19 results for BURP from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Jun 30, 2024	15D	Frowned-upon sound	Ginny Too	Fagliano
Fri Jun 28, 2024	36A	___ cloth	Enrique Henestroza Anguiano	Fagliano
Wed May 10, 2023	46A	Tupperware lid sound	Victor Barocas	Shortz
Tue Mar 2, 2021	2D	Emanation from Barney Gumble on "The Simpsons"	Ross Trudeau	Shortz
Fri Sep 18, 2020	39A	Pat on the back, maybe	Anne and Daniel Larsen	Shortz
Mon Jul 13, 2020	16A	Rude sound at the dinner table	Erik Agard	Shortz
Sat Mar 14, 2020	54D	Pat on the back (4)	Peter Wentz	Shortz
Sun Sep 15, 2019	81A	Let the air out?	Andrew Kingsley	Shortz
Sun Apr 28, 2019	60D	Bit of dinner impoliteness	Brendan Emmett Quigley	Shortz
Sat Nov 18, 2017	53D	Reason for saying "Pardon me"	Sam Trabucco	Shortz
Thu May 11, 2017	56D	"Excuse you!" elicitor	Timothy Polin	Shortz
Tue Mar 4, 2008	21A	Pat on the back, as a baby (2)	Kevin Donovan	Shortz
Fri Apr 20, 2007	18A	Cause for an "Excuse me!"	David Quarfoot	Shortz
Tue Apr 20, 2004	1A	Tupperware sound	Allan E. Parrish	Shortz
Wed May 7, 2003	16A	Pat on the back? (4)	Alan Arbesfeld	Shortz
Fri Mar 10, 2000	52D	Pat on the back? (4)	Chuck Deodene	Shortz
Tue Oct 28, 1997	3D	Pat on the back, as a baby (2)	Bernice Gordon	Shortz
Thu Feb 9, 1995	1D	Pat on the back (4)	Richard Thomas	Shortz
Wed May 25, 1994	10D	Pat baby on the back	Fred Piscop	Shortz

1 result for BURP from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sep 10, 2017	Panda	50D	What a baby might do after a back rub and the start of a pat	Mel Taub	Shortz

13 results for BURP from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Jun 17, 1993	50A	Type of gun	Joel D. Lafargue	Maleska
Thu Apr 16, 1992	24D	___ gun (automatic pistol)	Nancy Scandrett Ross	Maleska
Fri Feb 21, 1992	1A	Baby's postprandial comeback	Robert Katz	Maleska
Mon Mar 14, 1988	1A	Diner's faux pas	Christopher Sherwood	Maleska
Mon Sep 8, 1986	2D	Type of gun	Whitten	Maleska
Fri Dec 5, 1980	10D	Baby-feeding finale	Jean J. Davison	Maleska
Wed Sep 10, 1980	63A	Baby-feeding finale	Jim Modney	Maleska
Mon Sep 17, 1979	46A	___ gun (machine pistol)	N. M. Meyer	Maleska
Thu Mar 3, 1977	8D	Baby-feeding finale	Michael W. Miller	Maleska
Sat Jun 5, 1976	10D	After-dinner sound	Samuel K. Fliegner	Weng
Fri Jan 3, 1969	32D	___ gun.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Apr 24, 1966	49A	Type of gun.	Sidney Lambert	Farrar
Sat Aug 7, 1954	48D	___ gun.	Israel Gitter	Farrar

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