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6 results for DEBACLE from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Dec 12, 2020	43D	Total meltdown	Sid Sivakumar and Brooke Husic	Shortz
Sun Jan 31, 1999	113A	Fiasco (2)	Manny Nosowsky	Shortz
Tue Nov 24, 1998	21D	Disastrous collapse	Jeremy Thomas Paine	Shortz
Sun Apr 12, 1998	1D	Disaster	Randolph Ross	Shortz
Sun May 18, 1997	34A	Fiasco (2)	Frances Hansen	Shortz
Tue Jan 21, 1997	9D	Spectacular failure	T. W. Schier	Shortz

1 result for DEBACLE from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Feb 7, 1999	Cryptic	1D	She comes out with broken lace -- it's a disaster (7)	Richard Silvestri	Shortz

7 results for DEBACLE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Jul 10, 1987	17A	Collapse	Bernice Gordon	Maleska
Mon Jun 23, 1980	43D	Overwhelming defeat	Raymond F. Eisner	Maleska
Sun May 21, 1967	58A	Rout.	William A. Lewis, Jr.	Farrar
Wed May 28, 1958	5D	Violent disruption.	Herbert Ettenson	Farrar
Thu Jul 16, 1953	42D	Sudden disaster.	Harriette Moskowitz	Farrar
Sun Nov 26, 1950	52A	General breakup.	Leonard Goldberg	Farrar
Sun Apr 25, 1948	60A	Stampede.	Willard N. Jordan	Farrar

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