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5 results for SMOTHER from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Jul 2, 2023	93D	Show excessive affection toward	Rebecca Goldstein and Rafael Musa	Shortz
Sun May 25, 2014	7A	Blanket	Dan Schoenholz	Shortz
Wed May 15, 2013	4D	Suffocate	David Sullivan	Shortz
Sun Jan 31, 2010	20A	Overdress, maybe	Tony Orbach and Andrea Carla Michaels	Shortz
Sun May 8, 2005	91D	Cover completely	Jim Page	Shortz

14 results for SMOTHER from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Jun 19, 1988	80D	Cover, as with mushrooms or onions	Nancy Ross	Maleska
Tue Jun 23, 1987	55A	Suppress	Norma Steinberg	Maleska
Mon Jan 24, 1977	27A	Heap onions on a steak	Henry Hook	Weng
Sat May 12, 1973	7D	Suffocate	Unknown	Weng
Thu Jan 7, 1971	29A	Stifle	Unknown	Weng
Fri Aug 7, 1970	21A	Stifle	Unknown	Weng
Thu Apr 20, 1967	42D	Overwhelm.	Mary Owen Cameron	Farrar
Thu May 14, 1964	9D	Cover over.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Dec 16, 1962	81A	Blanket.	Mary Grow	Farrar
Sun Mar 23, 1958	92D	Cover over thickly, as with onions.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar
Wed Mar 21, 1956	43A	Cover over thickly.	Louis Sabin	Farrar
Sun Jun 5, 1955	51D	Cover over thickly.	Ralph Anderson	Farrar
Wed Dec 30, 1953	7D	Extinguish, as flame.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Sun Jul 20, 1947	44D	Stifle.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar

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