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1 result for GRADATE from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Jan 14, 2005	37D	Make a subtle transformation, as in color	Manny Nosowsky	Shortz

8 results for GRADATE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Sep 9, 1990	84D	Arrange in degrees	Jeanette K. Brill	Maleska
Sun Jan 26, 1986	53D	Shade into one another	Bert Rosenfield	Maleska
Tue Jul 5, 1960	43A	Arrange by degrees.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Apr 1, 1955	54A	Arrange in ranks.	Gene Kosic	Farrar
Sun Jun 29, 1952	119A	Blend, as colors.	Waldo Ranson	Farrar
Wed Apr 9, 1952	42D	Pass by degrees, as one color into another.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Nov 13, 1949	118D	Blend gradually.	S. K. Fliegner	Farrar
Sun Oct 16, 1949	1D	Sorted according to size.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar

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