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4 results for MUFF from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Jul 24, 2022	70D	Botch	Jessie Trudeau and Ross Trudeau	Shortz
Mon Nov 2, 2020	32D	Botch, as a catch	Luke Vaughn	Shortz
Sat Jun 8, 2019	10A	Blow	Andrew J. Ries	Shortz
Wed Jan 2, 2019	5A	Mess up	Jacob Stulberg	Shortz

16 results for MUFF from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Nov 27, 1992	29D	Dropped pop fly	Stanley Glass	Maleska
Sun May 28, 1978	80D	Fielding error	Henry Hook	Maleska
Tue Jan 18, 1977	10A	Fumble	Jean Reed	Weng
Wed Dec 12, 1973	29D	Bungle	Unknown	Weng
Mon Aug 31, 1970	1A	Bungle a play	Unknown	Weng
Tue Oct 29, 1968	27D	Any bungling action.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon Aug 19, 1968	1D	Botch up.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon Oct 10, 1966	10A	Handle awkwardly.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed May 26, 1965	26D	Error at baseball.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed Mar 27, 1963	33A	Item of feminine apparel.	Jan and Mike Dubin	Farrar
Tue Nov 14, 1961	5A	Grandma's favorite fur piece.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Nov 3, 1957	28D	What Mimi, dying, asks for.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Sun Jun 14, 1953	56D	Clumsy failure.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar
Wed Dec 17, 1952	8D	Cold weather comfort for girls.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Sep 21, 1952	73A	Bungle.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Sun Jan 6, 1946	103A	Bungle.	P. J. Lamanna	Farrar

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