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6 results for JOCULAR from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Jul 31, 2016	76A	Playful	Ruth Bloomfield Margolin	Shortz
Tue Apr 11, 2006	10D	Not serious (3)	Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon	Shortz
Sun May 8, 2005	52D	Not serious (3)	Jim Page	Shortz
Fri Jul 6, 2001	36D	Not serious (3)	Brendan Emmett Quigley	Shortz
Fri Oct 20, 2000	15D	Facetious	Brendan Emmett Quigley	Shortz
Thu Jan 14, 1999	10D	Waggish	Rand H. Burns	Shortz

4 results for JOCULAR from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Nov 11, 1971	1D	Waggish	Unknown	Weng
Sat Jan 30, 1971	8A	Given to jesting	Unknown	Weng
Thu Dec 8, 1960	51A	Full of fun.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jun 22, 1947	104A	Humorous.	I. Kert	Farrar

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