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1 result for RUINING from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Jan 3, 2006	3D	Spoiling	Lynn Lempel	Shortz

5 results for RUINING from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Feb 21, 1965	140A	Spoiling.	Barbara L. Golub	Farrar
Mon Dec 20, 1954	44A	Destroying.	H. L. Risteen	Farrar
Sun Aug 24, 1952	102A	Reducing to rubble.	Evelyn Smith	Farrar
Sun Dec 11, 1949	87D	Laying waste.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Sun Sep 1, 1946	59D	Destroying.	Louis Jenkins	Farrar

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