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1 result for CRUELER from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Aug 1, 1998	2D	Not so nice	Joe DiPietro	Shortz

3 results for CRUELER from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu May 6, 1976	43D	More sadistic	Tap Osborn	Weng
Sat Jun 6, 1953	14A	More pitiless.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Sun Aug 11, 1946	145A	More sadistic.	Louis Baron	Farrar

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