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4 results for OBTRUDE from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Jan 23, 2016	35D	Become noticeable in an unpleasant way	Kameron Austin Collins	Shortz
Mon Jun 30, 2014	42D	Stick out	Ed Sessa	Shortz
Thu Nov 15, 2012	4D	Impose	Andrew Reynolds	Shortz
Mon Dec 7, 2009	54A	Thrust out	Ed Sessa	Shortz

2 results for OBTRUDE from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Apr 18, 2021	Cryptic	12A	Interrupt doubter after Reformation (7)	John Halpern and Friends	Shortz
Jan 21, 2007	Acrostic	K	Impose oneself uninvited, horn in	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

4 results for OBTRUDE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Jun 11, 1983	44D	Thrust forward	Jack L. Steinhardt	Maleska
Sun Feb 13, 1983	89D	Thrust forward	Louis Sabin	Maleska
Fri Mar 9, 1979	44A	Thrust out	Vincent L. Osborne	Maleska
Sun Oct 7, 1945	98D	Thrust out.	P. J. Lamanna	Farrar

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