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5 results for DROVES from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed May 12, 2021	47D	Hordes	Tracy Gray	Shortz
Thu Jan 7, 2016	29A	Large numbers	Andrew J. Ries	Shortz
Thu Apr 5, 2012	39D	Crowds	Elizabeth C. Gorski	Shortz
Mon Mar 22, 2010	1D	Herds (2)	Andrea Carla Michaels	Shortz
Tue Apr 19, 1994	38D	Herds (2)	Bob Sefick	Shortz

7 results for DROVES from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Oct 20, 1985	31A	Flocks	John M. Samson	Maleska
Wed Aug 17, 1966	11D	Moving crowds.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jan 12, 1964	74A	Trail herds.	John Byrne	Farrar
Thu Nov 3, 1960	6D	Moving crowds of people.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jun 6, 1954	42A	Collections of animals.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Sun Aug 31, 1952	31A	Crowds going one way.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar
Sun Feb 14, 1943	54D	Herds.	C. Hartley Mills	Farrar

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