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2 results for RUINERS from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Dec 1, 2007	23A	Banes	Robert H. Wolfe	Shortz
Sun Jun 1, 1997	64A	Spoilers	Randolph Ross	Shortz

5 results for RUINERS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Dec 25, 1969	44D	Spoilers.	Unknown	Weng
Mon Aug 6, 1951	60A	Destroyers.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Oct 17, 1948	89A	Destroyers.	Louis Jenkins	Farrar
Sun Dec 10, 1944	2D	Ravagers.	L. K. Peters	Farrar
Sun Jul 16, 1944	66D	Despoilers.	Harriot T. Cooke	Farrar

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