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1 result for PORTENT from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Oct 25, 1996	1D	Omen	M. Nosowsky	Shortz

3 results for PORTENT from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Apr 19, 2020	GoingTooFar	4D	Sign that something calamitous is coming	Alex Eaton-Salners	Shortz
Mar 15, 2015	Cryptic	21D	Omen: X written in wine (7)	Richard Silvestri	Shortz
Oct 21, 2012	Acrostic	T	Sign of calamity in the wind	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

12 results for PORTENT from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Feb 22, 1992	31A	Forewarning	Eli Wesoff	Maleska
Thu Jun 11, 1987	33D	Omen	Rhonda Kraus	Maleska
Sun Sep 22, 1985	10D	Sign for Cassandra	E. T. M.	Maleska
Sat Aug 29, 1970	10D	Augury	Unknown	Weng
Sat Aug 17, 1968	26A	Omen.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun May 8, 1960	65A	Groundhog's shadow for one.	H. R. Craft	Farrar
Thu Nov 13, 1958	9D	Handwriting on the wall.	S. A. Kay	Farrar
Sun Jan 20, 1957	58D	Shadow of a coming event.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Sun Oct 16, 1955	100A	Forewarning.	Charles Baron	Farrar
Fri Apr 15, 1955	46A	Significance.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jan 12, 1947	87D	Ill omen.	Louis Baron	Farrar
Sun Nov 25, 1945	55D	Calamitous event.	Lester Keene	Farrar

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