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5 results for METAPHOR from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon May 13, 2019	10D	Nerves of steel, e.g.	Gary Larson	Shortz
Sun Sep 23, 2018	33D	Something that shouldn't be mixed	Andrew Zhou	Shortz
Wed May 29, 2013	28A	Sand in an hourglass, for time	Gary Cee	Shortz
Sun Jan 21, 2001	51D	"A mighty fortress is our God," e.g.	Con Pederson	Shortz
Tue Jan 24, 1995	66A	"Life is a bowl of cherries," e.g.	Richard Hughes	Shortz

2 results for METAPHOR from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Feb 4, 2024	Other	14D	A loon, for strength or bravery	Will Shortz	Shortz
Jul 17, 2011	Acrostic	C	"All the world's a stage," e.g.	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

6 results for METAPHOR from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Dec 27, 1987	24A	NERVES OF STEEL	Victoria Black and Alex F. Black	Maleska
Sat Mar 9, 1985	4D	Implied comparison	Nancy Scandrett Ross	Maleska
Mon May 24, 1976	21A	Something often mixed	Elizabeth M. Quackenbush	Weng
Wed May 3, 1967	28A	"All the world's a stage," for example.	Helen Fasulo	Farrar
Sun May 29, 1960	83A	"Why, the world's mine oyster."	Herbert Ettenson	Farrar
Wed Nov 7, 1956	48A	"All the world's a stage," for example.	Victor Goldfarb	Farrar

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