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7 results for HICS from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Jan 8, 2017	90A	Sots' sounds	Peter Broda and Erik Agard	Shortz
Sun Apr 10, 2016	63A	Saloon sounds	Randolph Ross	Shortz
Sat Apr 19, 2008	44A	Lush sounds	Bob Klahn	Shortz
Sun Mar 11, 2007	76A	Skid row sounds	Eric Berlin	Shortz
Sat Jan 8, 2005	53A	Tippling evidence	David Levinson Wilk	Shortz
Sun Mar 29, 1998	44A	Bar sounds	Robert H. Wolfe	Shortz
Thu Apr 4, 1996	1A	Pickled utterances	M. Diehl	Shortz

6 results for HICS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Dec 20, 1974	44A	Throaty sounds	Maura B. Jacobson	Weng
Fri Apr 7, 1961	23D	Sounds akin to coughs.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat Jul 27, 1957	21D	Sound effect of a spasmodic ailment.	Jules Arensberg	Farrar
Sat Apr 23, 1955	56A	Spasmodic sounds.	Herbert Ettenson	Farrar
Sun Mar 15, 1953	65D	Sounds of a minor ailment.	Roberta H. Morse	Farrar
Sun May 16, 1943	82A	Sounds made by inebriated persons.	Charles Erlenkotter	Farrar

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