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6 results for DEMEANS from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Oct 10, 2014	28D	Slights	David Steinberg	Shortz
Mon Nov 26, 2012	32A	Denigrates	Ed Sessa	Shortz
Sun Dec 25, 2011	85D	Slights, say	Elizabeth C. Gorski	Shortz
Thu Jun 7, 2001	40A	Puts down	Randolph Ross	Shortz
Sun Jul 26, 1998	5D	Humbles	Richard Silvestri	Shortz
Fri Oct 20, 1995	14D	Humiliates	Manny Nosowsky	Shortz

1 result for DEMEANS from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mar 15, 2015	Cryptic	2D	Says bad things about school leaders around me (7)	Richard Silvestri	Shortz

11 results for DEMEANS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Feb 23, 1992	6D	Humbles	Joy L. Wouk	Maleska
Fri Aug 18, 1989	58A	Mortifies	Albert J. Klaus	Maleska
Mon Jul 2, 1984	7D	Lowers	Irene Smullyan	Maleska
Sun Jul 9, 1972	110A	Humbles	Jean Reed	Weng
Mon Sep 20, 1971	43A	Comports oneself	Unknown	Weng
Thu Mar 17, 1966	32A	Comports (oneself).	Unknown	Farrar
Sat Oct 12, 1957	51A	Humbles.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Aug 1, 1954	89A	Behaves.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar
Mon Jun 4, 1951	46D	Lowers in dignity.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Nov 6, 1949	65D	Conducts oneself.	Leonard Goldberg	Farrar
Sun May 6, 1945	142A	Lowers.	C. W. Cross	Farrar

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