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6 results for RUTTY from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Nov 18, 2014	19A	Like many rural roads	Jacob McDermott	Shortz
Fri Dec 16, 2011	27D	Rough to drive on, perhaps	Doug Peterson and Barry C. Silk	Shortz
Sun Dec 7, 2008	41D	Like some dirt paths	Jim Page	Shortz
Tue Mar 11, 2008	7D	Like a bad dirt road	Eugene W. Sard	Shortz
Sun Sep 12, 2004	5D	Like dirt roads	Patrick Berry	Shortz
Sun Jun 25, 1995	55A	Rough, as a road	Frances Hansen	Shortz

16 results for RUTTY from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Nov 4, 1990	56A	Like a road full of furrows	Frances Hansen	Maleska
Sun Jan 15, 1989	56D	Like some dirt roads	Norma Steinberg	Maleska
Mon Jan 9, 1989	38D	Like some country roads	Sidney L. Robbins	Maleska
Sun Dec 21, 1986	106A	Full of potholes	John M. Samson	Maleska
Mon Jan 21, 1985	54A	Full of grooves, as a road	Jean J. Davison	Maleska
Thu Aug 30, 1984	24D	Full of potholes	Eugene T. Maleska	Maleska
Mon May 7, 1979	50D	Full of potholes	Morton Braun	Maleska
Sun Jun 18, 1978	54D	Like many dirt roads	Tap Osborn	Maleska
Mon Jan 12, 1976	26D	Like old roads	Tap Osborn	Weng
Sun Jan 14, 1973	7D	Like a country lane	William Lutwiniak	Weng
Sun Apr 26, 1970	114A	Like dirt roads	Alfio Micci	Weng
Sun Jun 25, 1967	41D	Grooved.	Ross L. Jamison, Jr.	Farrar
Fri Apr 2, 1965	40A	Like some roads.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Mar 15, 1956	10D	Full of furrows.	Mel Taub	Farrar
Mon Oct 20, 1952	49D	Full of holes, as a road.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Apr 7, 1946	39A	Full of grooves.	Lester Keene	Farrar

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