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8 results for IMBAD from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Oct 8, 2019	53A	Repeated lyric in a 1987 Michael Jackson #1 hit	Ross Trudeau	Shortz
Fri Apr 21, 2017	50D	Repeated boast in a 1987 #1 hit	Damon Gulczynski	Shortz
Tue Dec 1, 2015	6D	1987 declaration from Michael Jackson	Dan Schoenholz	Shortz
Tue Nov 13, 2012	32A	Repeated Michael Jackson lyric in a 1987 hit	Don Gagliardo and Zhouqin Burnikel	Shortz
Thu Jan 19, 2006	44A	"That was devilish of me"	Joe DiPietro	Shortz
Sat Feb 12, 2005	24D	Comment from a tough guy	Joe DiPietro	Shortz
Sun Jan 9, 2005	72D	Michael Jackson's 1987 boast	Brendan Emmett Quigley	Shortz
Mon Apr 20, 1998	66A	Michael Jackson boast, in a 1987 hit	John D. Leavy	Shortz

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