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3 results for PAPERY from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Oct 10, 2022	8D	Like onion or garlic skin	Byron Walden	Shortz
Sat Oct 28, 2017	33A	Thin and dry	Roland Huget	Shortz
Sun Apr 1, 2007	106A	Tissuelike	Paula Gamache	Shortz

7 results for PAPERY from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Feb 12, 1989	80D	Having a flimsy texture	June A. Boggs	Maleska
Mon Feb 4, 1980	44A	Very thin	Herb L. Risteen	Maleska
Sun May 6, 1979	79A	Like wasps' nests	Anthony B. Canning	Maleska
Wed May 31, 1978	27A	Very thin	Herb L. Risteen	Maleska
Mon Aug 29, 1977	18D	Flimsy	David A. Scully	Maleska
Tue Jul 14, 1959	41D	Like onionskin.	Samuel K. Fliegner	Farrar
Wed Jan 28, 1959	46A	Thin as onionskin.	S. A. Kay	Farrar

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