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4 results for LOONIES from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Jun 30, 2014	2D	Fruitcakes	Ed Sessa	Shortz
Sun Oct 7, 2012	48A	Nuts (2)	Zoe Wheeler	Shortz
Wed Nov 19, 2008	11D	Nuts (2)	Peter A. Collins	Shortz
Mon Jul 9, 2007	22D	Cuckoos	Peter A. Collins	Shortz

1 result for LOONIES from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Jan 24, 2016	Acrostic	S	What could fatten a Canadian coin purse	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

1 result for LOONIES from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun May 31, 1942	64D	Crackpots.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar

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