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2 results for INELEGANT from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Nov 24, 2007	54A	Clumsy	Victor Fleming	Shortz
Sat Jan 19, 2002	14A	Oafish	Gilbert H. Ludwig	Shortz

10 results for INELEGANT from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Oct 26, 1977	18A	Lacking in grace	Hal R. Hollinger	Maleska
Wed Apr 11, 1973	18A	Lacking grace	Unknown	Weng
Sun Oct 22, 1972	11D	Graceless	Frank Nosoff	Weng
Tue Feb 15, 1972	54A	Lacking polish	Unknown	Weng
Tue Feb 1, 1966	11D	Graceless.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Oct 13, 1963	11D	Lacking finesse.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Wed Mar 7, 1956	41A	Deficient in refinement.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Mon Dec 20, 1954	41A	Crude.	H. L. Risteen	Farrar
Sun Jan 16, 1949	2D	Clumsy.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar
Sun Nov 17, 1946	19D	Unpolished.	W. J. London	Farrar

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