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5 results for SINISTER from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Jul 19, 2008	39A	Menacing	Todd McClary	Shortz
Thu Aug 30, 2007	19A	Up to no good	Victor Fleming and Bruce Venzke	Shortz
Fri May 4, 2007	35D	Ominous	Manny Nosowsky	Shortz
Sat Dec 9, 2006	48A	Dark	Robert H. Wolfe	Shortz
Mon Apr 25, 1994	36D	Presaging trouble	Bernice Gordon	Shortz

1 result for SINISTER from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Jun 13, 1999	Cryptic	8D	It rinses off what's left on shield (8)	The Usenet Crossword Publishing Project	Shortz

24 results for SINISTER from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Oct 22, 1993	20A	Mackenzie's "___ Street"	Alex K. Justin	Taub
Thu Jan 21, 1993	4D	Ominous	Eugene T. Maleska	Maleska
Sun Feb 26, 1989	37A	Left	Warren W. Reich	Maleska
Sun Jun 19, 1988	4D	Ominous	Nancy Ross	Maleska
Sun Jul 27, 1986	28A	Ominous	Jeanne Wilson	Maleska
Wed Apr 7, 1982	21A	Ominous	Gerald Brooks	Maleska
Sun Jun 10, 1979	37A	Ominous	Maura B. Jacobson	Maleska
Sun May 28, 1978	34A	Malefic; baleful	Henry Hook	Maleska
Mon Nov 5, 1973	41D	Evil	Unknown	Weng
Sun Feb 1, 1970	86D	Ominous	Herbert Ettenson	Weng
Fri Jun 27, 1969	19A	Corruptive.	Unknown	Weng
Wed Dec 4, 1968	38D	Ominous.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Aug 25, 1966	41D	Ominous.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Sep 6, 1964	101D	A bar of undistinction.	Will Weng	Farrar
Thu Apr 30, 1964	20A	Evil.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Mar 19, 1963	29A	Portentous.	H. L. Risteen	Farrar
Sun Nov 19, 1961	72A	On the left side.	Mary Grow	Farrar
Fri Apr 14, 1961	38D	Ominous.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat Apr 20, 1957	37D	Ominous.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Sun Aug 7, 1955	17D	Ominous.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar
Sun Jul 6, 1952	99A	Ominous.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Sun Mar 23, 1952	103D	Underhand.	W. E. Jones	Farrar
Sun Oct 28, 1951	107D	Left.	Ralph Anderson	Farrar
Sun May 22, 1949	30D	Vincent Price's screen personality.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar

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