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3 results for DERIDED from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Apr 5, 2021	17D	Expressed contempt for	Zhouqin Burnikel	Shortz
Sun Jul 11, 1999	18D	Put down (2)	Nancy Salomon	Shortz
Sun Jan 3, 1999	51D	Put down (2)	Randolph Ross	Shortz

10 results for DERIDED from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Jan 30, 1980	5D	Ridiculed	Robert Katz	Maleska
Fri May 9, 1975	9D	Ridiculed	Sophie Fierman	Weng
Sun Dec 2, 1973	99D	Ridiculed	Hume R. Craft	Weng
Wed Aug 22, 1973	14D	Mocked	Unknown	Weng
Sat May 2, 1970	36A	Treated with scorn	Unknown	Weng
Sat Feb 1, 1969	42D	Laughed at.	Unknown	Weng
Sun Nov 8, 1959	96D	Mocked.	Sidney Lambert	Farrar
Sun Mar 18, 1956	61D	Ridiculed.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Sun Apr 24, 1949	107A	Laughed to scorn.	Hilda E. Allen	Farrar
Sun Sep 12, 1948	95D	Gibed.	J. P. Worden	Farrar

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