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2 results for OILIEST from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Feb 3, 2002	52D	Superlatively smarmy	Richard Silvestri	Shortz
Fri Dec 25, 1998	34A	Least trustworthy	Ed Pegg Jr.	Shortz

5 results for OILIEST from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Oct 4, 1985	26D	Most unctuous	Daniel Girardi	Maleska
Fri Mar 13, 1981	27A	Like the slickest city slicker	Kay Sullivan	Maleska
Sun Jan 28, 1968	74A	Most unctuous.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar
Sun Feb 24, 1946	128A	Most unctuous.	Alberta N. Burton	Farrar
Sun Aug 23, 1942	75A	Greasiest.	Louis Baron	Farrar

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