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8 results for ELICITED from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Jun 24, 2018	5D	Brought out (4)	Timothy Polin	Shortz
Sat Feb 21, 2009	18A	Provoked	Mike Nothnagel and Byron Walden	Shortz
Sat Aug 4, 2007	9D	Brought out (4)	Byron Walden	Shortz
Tue Aug 2, 2005	9D	Drew forth	Nancy Kavanaugh	Shortz
Thu Jun 2, 2005	35D	Gleaned	Levi Denham	Shortz
Sat Apr 17, 2004	16A	Brought to light	Brendan Emmett Quigley	Shortz
Fri Mar 9, 2001	34D	Brought out (4)	Mitch Komro	Shortz
Sat Feb 24, 1996	7D	Brought out (4)	M. Shenk	Shortz

2 results for ELICITED from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Jun 9, 2024	Panda	38D	One of the Manning brothers credited in a footnote	Samuel A. Donaldson	Fagliano
Apr 13, 2014	Panda	58A	21-Across in a footnote	Mel Taub	Shortz

10 results for ELICITED from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Sep 25, 1970	52A	Drew out	Unknown	Weng
Thu Feb 8, 1968	10D	Drew forth.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Apr 9, 1959	6D	Educed.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar
Tue Jul 29, 1958	21A	Drew forth.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar
Fri Mar 28, 1958	6D	Evoked.	A. H. Drummond, Jr.	Farrar
Sat Feb 1, 1958	50A	Drew out information.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Thu Jan 24, 1957	31D	Drew out.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Wed Jul 8, 1953	45A	Drew forth.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar
Tue May 20, 1952	62A	Brought to light.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Nov 1, 1942	83D	Brought to light.	Helen Smathers	Farrar

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