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3 results for PINING from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Jun 29, 2001	42D	Echo's activity	Holden Baker	Shortz
Fri Nov 21, 1997	44D	Heartsick (for)	Chuck Deodene	Shortz
Sun Apr 24, 1994	104A	Feeling a loss	Louis Sabin	Shortz

4 results for PINING from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Dec 3, 1992	48D	Languishing	Jim Page	Maleska
Thu Aug 1, 1991	4D	Like a lonesome swain	Eli Wesoff	Maleska
Fri Oct 12, 1973	46D	Yearning	Unknown	Weng
Sun Jan 30, 1944	146A	Languishing.	Willard N. Jordan	Farrar

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