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7 results for RAINED from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Mar 19, 2009	46D	Sprinkled	Laura Sternberg	Shortz
Thu Jan 4, 2007	32A	Poured	Alan Olschwang	Shortz
Sat Feb 4, 2006	54A	Pounded	Philip C. Ordway	Shortz
Mon Mar 24, 2003	34A	Showered	Alison D. Donald	Shortz
Sun Apr 15, 2001	82D	Came down	Richard Silvestri	Shortz
Fri Mar 17, 2000	38D	Was wet	Glenton Petgrave	Shortz
Sat Jan 15, 1994	13D	Precipitated	Manny Nosowsky	Shortz

24 results for RAINED from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Mar 29, 1993	46D	Bestowed profusely	Bernice Gordon	Maleska
Sun Oct 13, 1991	61D	Bestowed liberally	Ernst Theimer	Maleska
Sun Dec 16, 1990	59D	Bestowed abundantly	Sandy Graf	Maleska
Wed Sep 18, 1985	45D	Teemed or drizzled	Jeffrey A. Mercer	Maleska
Wed Aug 1, 1984	46D	Showered	Christy Ridley	Maleska
Thu Sep 30, 1976	55A	Showered	Beverly J. Seward	Weng
Sun Nov 2, 1975	78D	Poured	George Rose Smith	Weng
Tue Aug 26, 1975	44D	Bestowed lavishly	John Prytz	Weng
Mon May 22, 1972	39D	Poured	Unknown	Weng
Tue Oct 26, 1971	10D	Gave abundantly	Unknown	Weng
Mon Dec 7, 1970	21A	Poured	Unknown	Weng
Sun Dec 6, 1970	54A	Poured	Christine Valence	Weng
Sun Sep 14, 1969	75A	Shed copiously	W. E. Jones	Weng
Sun Feb 9, 1969	88D	Poured	Jack Luzzatto	Weng
Mon Apr 1, 1968	4D	Precipitated.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed Mar 14, 1962	9D	Came down hard.	Roberta Morse	Farrar
Fri Jan 13, 1961	53A	Bestowed abundantly.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Sep 13, 1960	26A	Showered.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Aug 18, 1960	44A	Showered.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Feb 24, 1957	24A	Yielded copiously.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar
Fri Apr 20, 1956	56A	Came down.	Sidney Lambert	Farrar
Fri Feb 4, 1955	5D	Showered.	W. E. Jones	Farrar
Wed Sep 27, 1950	35A	Fell in drops.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Mar 27, 1949	85D	It ___ on Jo and her Professor.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar

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