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5 results for PESTERED from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Jun 28, 2002	14D	Bugged (2)	Charles E. Gersch	Shortz
Sat Oct 27, 2001	64A	Was a nudnik	Trip Payne	Shortz
Sat Oct 6, 2001	21D	Like older siblings, sometimes	Rich Norris	Shortz
Mon Aug 12, 1996	9D	Annoyed	J. R. Bender	Shortz
Sat Dec 24, 1994	33D	Bugged (2)	John Stanley	Shortz

12 results for PESTERED from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Feb 9, 1988	48A	Harried	Emory H. Cain	Maleska
Mon Jan 25, 1988	17D	Annoyed	Sidney L. Robbins	Maleska
Thu Feb 9, 1984	20A	Vexed	Eugene T. Maleska	Maleska
Tue Aug 16, 1983	50A	Vexed	Elaine George	Maleska
Tue Mar 29, 1983	41D	Harassed	Nancy McCarthy	Maleska
Sun May 2, 1976	99A	Vexed	Alexander F. Black	Weng
Mon Sep 4, 1972	42A	Harassed	Unknown	Weng
Wed Mar 24, 1971	55A	Harassed	Unknown	Weng
Wed Jul 30, 1969	7D	Annoyed.	Unknown	Weng
Mon Nov 27, 1967	29A	Bothered.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Jan 10, 1967	6D	Bothered.	Jean Reed	Farrar
Wed Nov 4, 1964	14D	Teased.	Unknown	Farrar

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