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8 results for IFONLY from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Feb 8, 2024	50D	"I wish!" (5)	Samuel A. Donaldson	Shortz
Mon Aug 14, 2023	47D	"I wish!" (5)	Simon Marotte and Trenton Lee Stewart	Shortz
Wed Dec 30, 2020	49D	"I wish ..." (5)	Kate Hawkins	Shortz
Tue Sep 24, 2019	42D	"Wouldn't that be nice!" (2)	John Guzzetta	Shortz
Sun Sep 9, 2018	48A	"I wish!" (5)	Hal Moore	Shortz
Fri Apr 20, 2018	33A	"Wouldn't that be nice!" (2)	Joel Fagliano	Shortz
Wed Oct 4, 2017	48D	"I wish!" (5)	Evan Mahnken	Shortz
Thu Dec 3, 2009	47D	Words of regret	Matt Ginsberg and Pete Muller	Shortz

2 results for IFONLY from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Jan 29, 2023	Acrostic	T	"Would that it were!" (2 wds.)	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz
Dec 29, 2019	Diagramless	56A	"I wish!"	Peter Gordon	Shortz

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