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6 results for FRILL from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Oct 18, 2020	66D	Ruffle	Miriam Estrin	Shortz
Mon Oct 5, 2020	18D	Bit of embellishment	Evan Mahnken	Shortz
Sun Jun 28, 2015	54D	Amenity	Jeremy Newton	Shortz
Wed Feb 17, 1999	6D	Bell or whistle	Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes	Shortz
Mon Jun 10, 1996	28D	Extra	S. Spadaccini	Shortz
Thu Dec 22, 1994	30D	Something extra	Stanley Newman	Shortz

13 results for FRILL from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Mar 25, 1990	95D	Furbelow	Bert Rosenfield	Maleska
Thu Oct 6, 1988	43A	Unnecessary feature	Jean J. Davison	Maleska
Sun Dec 12, 1982	50A	Lamb-chop decoration	Bert Rosenfield	Maleska
Tue May 6, 1980	37A	Ruffle	Herb L. Risteen	Maleska
Mon Apr 16, 1979	30D	Furbelow	Samuel K. Fliegner	Maleska
Tue Nov 14, 1961	47D	Ruffle.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Oct 23, 1960	33A	Fluted border.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Thu Jan 14, 1960	29D	Fancy border.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Feb 27, 1958	28D	Furbelow.	Herbert Ettenson	Farrar
Thu Mar 28, 1957	37A	Anything superfluous.	A. H. Drummond, Jr.	Farrar
Mon Aug 9, 1954	34D	A fancy detail.	Ellsworth Smith	Farrar
Sun Sep 16, 1951	52A	Useless adornment.	Charles Cross	Farrar
Sun Oct 9, 1949	76D	Fluted edging.	Elizabeth Jackson	Farrar

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