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4 results for COMMON from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Jun 3, 2021	54A	Seen a lot	Kyra Wilson and Sophia Maymudes	Shortz
Sun Aug 21, 2016	49D	Like the name Nguyen in Vietnam	Kathy Matheson and Jeff Chen	Shortz
Tue Apr 20, 2004	27A	Run-of-the-mill	Allan E. Parrish	Shortz
Wed Jun 12, 1996	25A	Boston___	D. C. Baldwin	Shortz

5 results for COMMON from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Oct 4, 1984	34A	Plain	Bernice Gordon	Maleska
Mon Mar 22, 1976	44D	Paine's sense	McAulay	Weng
Sun Jul 27, 1975	60D	Paine's sense	Fletcher Ingalls	Weng
Sun Sep 30, 1951	100D	Boston ___, first public park in U. S.	Alberta N. Burton	Farrar
Sun Jul 10, 1949	54D	Familiar.	Charles Cross	Farrar

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