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7 results for OBSOLETE from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Nov 10, 2018	38D	Abandoned	Will Nediger	Shortz
Fri Nov 19, 2010	11D	Superseded	Victor Fleming	Shortz
Sat Aug 18, 2007	32D	Out	Jim Page	Shortz
Tue Mar 20, 2007	40D	Like Betamax	Laura A. Halper	Shortz
Sat Mar 22, 1997	57A	Discarded	Rich Norris	Shortz
Fri Nov 18, 1994	38D	Like slide rules	Timothy S. Lewis	Shortz
Wed Feb 2, 1994	17A	Fossillike	Robert Katz	Shortz

2 results for OBSOLETE from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Oct 15, 2006	Acrostic	J	Superannuated	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz
Oct 3, 2004	Acrostic	K	"Either war is ___ or men are" (R. Buckminster Fuller)	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

5 results for OBSOLETE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Oct 6, 1993	29A	Out-of-date	Louis Sabin	Taub
Wed Dec 24, 1975	40A	Like "avaunt" and "prithee"	Will Shortz	Weng
Sat Oct 7, 1967	23A	Descriptive of bustles, high-button shoes, etc.	Manny Miller	Farrar
Sat Oct 22, 1966	22A	Passé.	Arthur Schulman	Farrar
Thu Oct 11, 1951	12D	What the Model T is.	Unknown	Farrar

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