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4 results for RARELY from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon May 2, 2022	23D	Once in a blue moon (2)	Erik Agard	Shortz
Thu Nov 24, 2011	2D	Almost never	Sharon Delorme	Shortz
Mon Dec 1, 2008	22A	Hardly ever	Eric J. Platt	Shortz
Wed Dec 17, 2003	40A	Once in a blue moon (2)	Leonard Williams	Shortz

1 result for RARELY from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
May 3, 2020	Cryptic	2D	Dorm supervisor in front of bank hardly ever (6)	Daniel Raymon	Shortz

12 results for RARELY from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Jul 4, 1993	35A	Seldom	Jack R. Harnes	Maleska
Fri May 13, 1988	51D	Very seldom	Daniel Girardi	Maleska
Tue Oct 13, 1987	6D	Seldom	R. S. Jones	Maleska
Wed Mar 19, 1986	41D	Once in a blue moon	Louis Sabin	Maleska
Fri Apr 25, 1980	4D	Seldom	William Lutwiniak	Maleska
Sun Dec 12, 1976	59A	Once in a blue moon	Henry Hook	Weng
Sat Jan 24, 1970	42D	Only once in a while	Arthur Schulman	Weng
Sun Jan 31, 1965	105A	Far from often.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Sun Jun 10, 1962	110A	Seldom.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Thu Feb 22, 1962	13A	Hardly ever.	Brice Metcalfe	Farrar
Wed Nov 21, 1956	44D	Seldom.	Madeline Corse	Farrar
Sun Feb 16, 1947	83D	Seldom.	L. K. Peters	Farrar

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