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8 results for DUSTY from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Mar 1, 2023	65A	Like many attics (2)	Aaron M. Rosenberg	Shortz
Tue Oct 25, 2016	1A	Common name for a cowboy	John E. Bennett	Shortz
Thu Jan 28, 2010	48D	Common nickname for a cowpoke	Raymond C. Young	Shortz
Sun Apr 17, 2005	56D	Cowpoke's moniker	Manny Nosowsky	Shortz
Fri Jun 6, 2003	26D	Cowhand's handle	Randolph Ross	Shortz
Mon Sep 8, 1997	64A	Like many attics (2)	Robert Goldberg	Shortz
Tue Jun 24, 1997	6D	Name for a cowpoke	Stephanie Spadaccini	Shortz
Thu Aug 24, 1995	1A	Uncleaned	Matt Gaffney	Shortz

1 result for DUSTY from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mar 18, 2012	Cryptic	29A	Dry start to sermon in service (5)	Rosalie Moscovitch	Shortz

14 results for DUSTY from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Jan 13, 1991	131D	Rhodes of Polo Grounds fame	Kenneth Haxton	Maleska
Sun May 20, 1990	18D	Like many an attic	John Russell	Maleska
Sun Sep 17, 1989	75D	Rhodes of Polo Grounds fame	John M. Samson	Maleska
Mon Apr 4, 1983	59A	Like the Okies' homeland	Frank Geary	Maleska
Wed Jun 4, 1980	60A	Like toads during a drought	Bernice Gordon	Maleska
Thu Jul 26, 1979	14A	Like rural roads	Michelle Arnot	Maleska
Mon Jun 5, 1967	37D	Powdery.	Ronald C. Hirschfeld	Farrar
Sun Aug 29, 1965	65D	Like rural roads.	A. H. Drummond Jr.	Farrar
Sun Jul 26, 1964	76A	___ miller.	A. J. Santora	Farrar
Tue Mar 12, 1963	57A	Unswept.	Jan and Mike Dubin	Farrar
Tue Nov 1, 1955	6D	Powdery.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Aug 30, 1955	28D	Outfielder Rhodes.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Sep 17, 1950	89D	___ Answer.	Alice Cook	Farrar
Sun May 24, 1942	54D	"Ah, what a ___ answer gets the soul."—Meredith.	Charles Cross	Farrar

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