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4 results for PRATED from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Jan 3, 2012	13D	Rambled on and on	Allan E. Parrish	Shortz
Fri Jun 8, 2001	45D	Ran on (2)	Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon	Shortz
Wed Mar 15, 2000	65A	Ran on (2)	Jim Page	Shortz
Wed Feb 16, 1994	39D	Jabbered	John Greenman	Shortz

14 results for PRATED from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Jan 10, 1993	141A	Was babbling	June A. Boggs	Maleska
Fri Jul 14, 1989	18D	Chattered	Walter Covell	Maleska
Sun Mar 26, 1989	45A	Babbled	Louis Sabin	Maleska
Thu Nov 17, 1988	43A	Babbled	Ernie Furtado	Maleska
Mon Jun 16, 1986	42A	Talked idly	Albert J. Klaus	Maleska
Wed Nov 12, 1980	42A	Chattered	Alfio Micci	Maleska
Tue Mar 25, 1975	42A	Talked idly	John Prytz	Weng
Mon Oct 5, 1970	42D	Babbled	Unknown	Weng
Thu May 21, 1970	44A	Chattered	Unknown	Weng
Sun May 25, 1969	112D	Babbled	Eugene T. Maleska	Weng
Tue Sep 10, 1957	17A	Chattered.	H. L. Risteen	Farrar
Sun Jun 19, 1955	68D	Repeated idly.	Helen Bernard	Farrar
Thu Oct 11, 1951	64A	Blabbed foolishly.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Sep 17, 1950	25A	Chattered idly.	Alice Cook	Farrar

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