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4 results for SOOTIER from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun May 26, 2024	52A	Less clean, as a chimney	John Kugelman	Fagliano
Sun Jan 27, 2013	117A	More dirty, as Santa's boots	Jeff Chen	Shortz
Sat Nov 30, 2002	11D	Like Santa after returning to the North Pole?	Jim Page	Shortz
Sun Jul 12, 1998	118A	More blackened	Henry Hook	Shortz

2 results for SOOTIER from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Jul 5, 1980	11D	More fuliginous	Elaine D. Schorr	Maleska
Sun Jul 14, 1946	137A	More blackened.	Harriot T. Cooke	Farrar

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