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2 results for FLAPDOODLE from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Oct 26, 2004	53A	Nonsense	Brendan Emmett Quigley	Shortz
Sun Dec 17, 1995	23A	Hogwash	Dean Niles	Shortz

7 results for FLAPDOODLE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Jan 28, 1988	27D	Baloney	June A. Boggs	Maleska
Thu Sep 18, 1986	27D	Nonsense	Wilson McBeath	Maleska
Mon Feb 23, 1981	3D	Poppycock	Martha J. DeWitt	Maleska
Sat Feb 20, 1971	3D	Nonsense	Unknown	Weng
Sat Feb 6, 1971	55A	Nonsense	Unknown	Weng
Sat May 29, 1954	27D	Nonsense.	Herbert Ettenson	Farrar
Sat Aug 4, 1951	17A	Critic's version of nonsense.	Unknown	Farrar

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