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1 result for CHAFER from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Jun 13, 1994	43D	Impatient one	John Greenman	Shortz

8 results for CHAFER from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Jan 19, 1992	12A	Big beetle	Stanley Glass	Maleska
Sun Sep 8, 1991	5D	Scarabaeid beetle	Robert H. Wolfe	Maleska
Sun Aug 6, 1989	4D	June beetle	Kenneth Haxton	Maleska
Thu Apr 9, 1987	26D	Variety of beetle	Arthur W. Palmer	Maleska
Sun Feb 11, 1979	114D	Variety of beetle	A. J. Santora	Maleska
Sun Oct 30, 1977	76D	Beetle that flies, but not well	A. J. Santora	Maleska
Tue Aug 31, 1954	24A	Scarab or rose bug.	R. E. Lawlor	Farrar
Sun Jan 6, 1946	88D	Any of various beetles.	P. J. Lamanna	Farrar

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