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8 results for FAMINE from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Jan 5, 2022	9D	*One of two extremes in a saying	Damon Gulczynski	Shortz
Sun Mar 21, 2021	102D	Something Pharaoh's dream foretold in Genesis	Julian Kwan	Shortz
Wed May 18, 2016	4A	Cause of 1840s-'50s emigration from Ireland	Zhouqin Burnikel	Shortz
Mon Nov 9, 2015	24D	Period of widespread food shortage	Pawel Fludzinski	Shortz
Mon Jan 13, 2014	48A	Widespread food shortage	Lynn Lempel	Shortz
Fri Mar 15, 2013	26A	What a biblical black horseman symbolizes	Joe Krozel	Shortz
Sun Oct 22, 2000	70A	Extreme shortage	Henry Hook	Shortz
Sun Sep 26, 1999	44D	Woe of Genesis 12:10	Randolph Ross	Shortz

10 results for FAMINE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun May 2, 1993	86D	Acute shortage	Arthur S. Verdesca	Maleska
Sun Jul 21, 1985	102A	One of the Four Horsemen	Tap Osborn	Maleska
Sun Mar 14, 1982	48A	Acute food shortage	Fletcher Ingalls	Maleska
Fri Mar 7, 1969	5D	Lean times.	Unknown	Weng
Sun Feb 2, 1969	36D	One of the Four Horsemen	Anthony Morse	Weng
Tue Apr 30, 1963	49D	Great want.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Apr 2, 1961	132A	Dearth.	Sidney Lambert	Farrar
Sun Aug 16, 1959	48A	One of the Four Horsemen.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Mon Jun 9, 1958	26A	Extreme scarcity.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jul 31, 1949	56A	One of "The Four Horsemen."	Max Geist	Farrar

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