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3 results for PURLS from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Oct 29, 2023	32A	Makes some stitches	Alina Abidi	Shortz
Sun Jan 1, 2023	48D	Makes certain knitting stitches	Adam Wagner, Michael Lieberman and Rafael Musa	Shortz
Thu Nov 17, 1994	37A	Some stitches	Rich Norris	Shortz

14 results for PURLS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Oct 27, 1991	60A	Ripples	Mary M. Murdoch	Maleska
Sun Dec 7, 1986	70D	Some knitting stitches	Charlotte Shore	Maleska
Fri Sep 6, 1985	37A	Moves in ripples	Peter Swift	Maleska
Fri Jan 4, 1985	42D	Does some handwork	William Lutwiniak	Maleska
Tue Mar 22, 1983	27D	Inverts stitches in knitting	Evelyn Benshoof	Maleska
Sat Mar 6, 1976	37A	Knits backward	Lita M. Elvers	Weng
Fri Feb 8, 1974	33D	Inverted stitches	Maura B. Jacobson	Weng
Mon Mar 6, 1972	36A	Knits in reverse	Unknown	Weng
Wed Jul 16, 1969	23D	Eddies.	Unknown	Weng
Mon Mar 6, 1967	56A	Flows ripplingly.	Arthur S. Heiser	Farrar
Sun Jun 20, 1965	53D	Murmuring sounds.	Sidney Lambert	Farrar
Tue Oct 13, 1959	40D	Moves in eddies.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Aug 16, 1953	49D	Moves in ripples.	Joseph LaFauci	Farrar
Sun Jun 24, 1951	79A	Flows with curling motions.	Nancy W. Atkinson	Farrar

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