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2 results for RUGGED from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Dec 15, 1997	44A	Rough, as terrain	Stephanie Spadaccini	Shortz
Mon Jul 14, 1997	56A	Tough	Mark Elliot Skolsky	Shortz

1 result for RUGGED from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Apr 18, 2021	Cryptic	1D	Rough, like a covered floor? (6)	John Halpern and Friends	Shortz

8 results for RUGGED from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Sep 3, 1993	28A	Like the Bad Lands	Eugene T. Maleska	Maleska
Wed Apr 26, 1978	47A	Craggy; austere	Dorothea E. Shipp	Maleska
Sat Feb 12, 1977	52A	Like the cross in a hymn	Jack Luzzatto	Weng
Thu Apr 18, 1974	50A	Hardy	Deolise	Weng
Thu Aug 2, 1962	29A	Sturdy.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Apr 3, 1960	11D	Vigorous.	Tom Mixon	Farrar
Wed Feb 18, 1959	43D	Sturdy.	Sidney Lambert	Farrar
Thu Jun 21, 1956	2D	Not smooth.	Sidney Lambert	Farrar

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