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3 results for DROPOUT from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri May 3, 2019	2D	One with no class?	Trenton Charlson	Shortz
Fri Oct 20, 2000	2D	Classless one?	Brendan Emmett Quigley	Shortz
Wed Nov 6, 1996	28A	School failure	M. E. Skolsky	Shortz

1 result for DROPOUT from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mar 21, 1999	Panda	36D	Not one of our top 500 students	Mel Taub	Shortz

7 results for DROPOUT from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon May 9, 1977	13A	High-school non-finisher	Evelyn Benshoof	Maleska
Sat Dec 28, 1974	36D	Truant of a sort	Thomas Sheehan	Weng
Mon Nov 5, 1973	25D	Quitter of a sort	Unknown	Weng
Wed Apr 12, 1967	17A	Scholastic problem.	Anthony Morse	Farrar
Thu Dec 23, 1965	49A	Current school problem.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Oct 24, 1965	54A	Educational problem.	William Lutwiniak	Farrar
Thu Nov 12, 1959	13D	Withdraw.	Unknown	Farrar

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