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5 results for IREFUL from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Mar 29, 2017	1D	Really angry	Jules P. Markey	Shortz
Sat Dec 19, 2009	38D	Boiling over	Tyler Hinman and Byron Walden	Shortz
Tue May 21, 2002	33A	Angry (2)	Paula Gamache	Shortz
Sun Apr 15, 2001	3D	Angry (2)	Richard Silvestri	Shortz
Sun Dec 18, 1994	68D	Easily angered	Manny Nosowsky & Bob Klahn	Shortz

1 result for IREFUL from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Aug 6, 2000	Panda	45D	Hot-tempered you are, life	Mel Taub	Shortz

14 results for IREFUL from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Oct 10, 1989	23D	Angry	Louis Sabin	Maleska
Wed Jul 6, 1988	44A	Choleric	Robert O. Dillman	Maleska
Thu Sep 6, 1984	31A	Angry	Eli Wesoff	Maleska
Sun Nov 7, 1982	2D	Wroth	Vincent L. Osborne	Maleska
Thu Apr 12, 1979	46D	Angry	Dana Gross	Maleska
Sun Nov 27, 1977	93D	Angry	Alfio Micci	Maleska
Sun Feb 9, 1975	40D	In a dudgeon	William Lutwiniak	Weng
Thu Sep 10, 1970	31A	Irascible	Unknown	Weng
Mon Oct 10, 1966	48D	Wroth.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jul 1, 1956	11D	Angry.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Wed Aug 27, 1952	21A	Consumed with rage.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Feb 10, 1952	78A	Angry.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Fri Dec 29, 1950	27D	Choleric.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Aug 13, 1944	133D	Angry.	Willard N. Jordan	Farrar

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