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4 results for FAIRYTALE from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Jan 15, 2023	3D	"Rapunzel" or "Rumpelstiltskin"	Michael Schlossberg	Shortz
Mon Jan 23, 2017	60A	What the starts of 17-, 26-, 35- and 50-Across are	Bruce Haight	Shortz
Sun Dec 25, 2011	110D	"The 91-/100-Across," for one	Elizabeth C. Gorski	Shortz
Tue Jul 1, 2003	34D	Story that might include a dragon	Karen M. Tracey	Shortz

1 result for FAIRYTALE from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Nov 25, 2012	Cryptic	4A	Bit of fiction with a different sort of reality! (5,4)	Jeffrey Harris	Shortz

4 results for FAIRYTALE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Jan 19, 1991	5D	Grimm offering	C. McInerney	Maleska
Wed Oct 30, 1974	17A	Grimm offering	Kathryn Righter	Weng
Mon Apr 15, 1968	34D	Lie: Colloq.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Mar 24, 1960	33D	Fib: Colloq.	Unknown	Farrar

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