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3 results for OVERRIPE from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Apr 24, 2016	18A	Turning brown, as a banana	Kathy Wienberg	Shortz
Thu Nov 29, 2012	39D	Like a mushy banana, say	Sharon Delorme	Shortz
Sat May 25, 1996	12D	Somewhat spoiled	F. Piscop	Shortz

1 result for OVERRIPE from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Jun 14, 2009	Cryptic	6D	Near-rotten doctor I reprove (8)	Daniel Raymon	Shortz

6 results for OVERRIPE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Sep 15, 1985	47A	Like a rotten apple	Jim Page	Maleska
Sat Dec 1, 1979	37D	Mushy or decadent	Dorothea E. Shipp	Maleska
Tue Feb 15, 1966	57A	More than ready.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Nov 23, 1958	88A	Too mellow.	Herbert Ettenson	Farrar
Sat May 7, 1955	15A	Too mature.	W. E. Jones	Farrar
Sun Mar 10, 1946	3D	Decayed.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar

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