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9 results for POORER from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Jan 23, 2021	40D	Traditional wedding vow word	Doug Peterson and Brad Wilber	Shortz
Wed Nov 11, 2020	17A	"For richer, for ___ ..." (vow words)	Alex Bajcz	Shortz
Sun Jul 14, 2019	64D	Comparative in a wedding vow	Caitlin Reid	Shortz
Mon Jul 4, 2011	48A	Less well off	Paul Johnson	Shortz
Wed Jul 2, 2008	10D	More in need (2)	Daniel Kantor	Shortz
Mon Sep 5, 2005	8D	More in need (2)	Lynn Lempel	Shortz
Sun Mar 10, 2002	106A	Relatively cheesy	Nelson Hardy	Shortz
Thu Mar 5, 1998	48D	Not as good	Wayne Robert Williams	Shortz
Sat Nov 16, 1996	19D	Word before "in sickness and in health"	J. Page	Shortz

16 results for POORER from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Oct 15, 1993	40D	Wedding-vow word	Dorothy Elliott	Taub
Fri Jul 23, 1993	17A	" ... richer, for ___ ... "	Tap Osborn	Maleska
Sat Mar 27, 1982	42D	Wiser's correlative	Bert Rosenfield	Maleska
Sun Jun 1, 1980	118A	Worse	Threba Johnson	Maleska
Thu Mar 22, 1979	20A	More destitute	Dana Gross	Maleska
Sun Oct 27, 1974	57A	Worse off than the Cratchits	Thomas Sheehan	Weng
Tue Jan 23, 1968	58A	Worse.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Apr 23, 1965	48D	Less adequate.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat Feb 1, 1964	49D	More barren.	A. H. Drummond, Jr.	Farrar
Sun Jun 23, 1963	58D	More scanty.	W. E. Jones	Farrar
Sun Apr 26, 1959	51A	Inferior.	Sam Lake	Farrar
Sat Apr 4, 1959	46D	In direr straits.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar
Fri Mar 6, 1959	24A	Not so rich.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Tue Jan 22, 1957	43A	More unfavorable.	H. L. Risteen	Farrar
Fri Sep 14, 1956	10D	More unsatisfactory.	Bernice Gordon	Farrar
Fri Mar 9, 1951	8D	Brides accept this possible state.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar

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