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7 results for HANGMAN from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat May 18, 2019	36D	Bad choices in it might cost you an arm and a leg	Andy Kravis and Erik Agard	Shortz
Wed Oct 14, 2015	65A	-	Joel Fagliano	Shortz
Sun Dec 28, 2014	35D	Fill-in-the-blanks activity	Joe Krozel	Shortz
Mon Oct 13, 2014	59A	... with dashes on paper	Greg Johnson	Shortz
Wed Jun 4, 2014	37A	See circled letters	Jim Hilger	Shortz
Sun Jan 20, 2008	91A	Guessing game	Natan Last	Shortz
Tue Jul 3, 2001	5D	Children's game	Randall J. Hartman	Shortz

2 results for HANGMAN from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Feb 19, 2023	Cryptic	1A	Solo federal agent, an old executioner (7)	Richard Silvestri	Shortz
Dec 4, 2022	Acrostic	E	Guessing game with a stick figure	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

2 results for HANGMAN from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Jan 28, 1973	107D	Word game	Tanaquil Le Clercq	Weng
Sun Apr 11, 1943	26A	Epithet for Gestapo Chief Heydrich, assassinated in Prague.	Harriot T. Cooke	Farrar

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