SPURN

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SPURN is a legal Scrabble word. See a dictionary definition for SPURN.

59 total results for SPURN( score: 50 )

19 results for SPURN from Modern Era puzzles:

Repeated clues show (number of Modern Era occurrences).

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Dec 13, 2020	66A	Brush off (3)	Dan Margolis	Shortz
Tue Sep 4, 2018	6A	Reject, as a lover	Bruce Haight	Shortz
Sat Jan 27, 2018	30D	Reject (6)	Mark Diehl	Shortz
Sat Jun 13, 2015	7D	Reject (6)	Brad Wilber and Doug Peterson	Shortz
Mon Mar 24, 2014	39A	Give the cold shoulder (2)	Tom Pepper	Shortz
Sat Aug 24, 2013	35A	Brush off (3)	Frederick J. Healy	Shortz
Sat Apr 18, 2009	9D	Jilt	Byron Walden	Shortz
Sun Sep 16, 2007	96D	Reject (6)	Mike Nothnagel	Shortz
Sun Jan 1, 2006	46D	Reject (6)	Joe DiPietro	Shortz
Sat Sep 18, 2004	51D	Give the cold shoulder (2)	Bob Peoples	Shortz
Sun Oct 12, 2003	9D	Brush off (3)	David J. Kahn	Shortz
Wed May 30, 2001	28D	Brush aside	Joe DiPietro	Shortz
Wed Sep 20, 2000	71A	Turn back	Edgar R. Fontaine	Shortz
Tue Aug 3, 1999	6D	Turn away	Dave Tuller	Shortz
Sun May 31, 1998	112A	Reject (6)	Cathy Millhauser	Shortz
Sun Aug 4, 1996	70A	Turn down	D. Tuller	Shortz
Wed Dec 6, 1995	6D	Reject (6)	Chet Currier	Shortz
Fri Nov 24, 1995	29D	Cold-shoulder	Bob Klahn	Shortz
Tue Mar 21, 1995	10D	Reject with disdain	Harvey Estes	Shortz

40 results for SPURN from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Jul 18, 1992	46A	Conspue	Daniel Girardi	Maleska
Sun Dec 9, 1990	68A	Repudiate	Dorothea E. Shipp	Maleska
Tue Nov 27, 1990	15D	Reject with contempt	Albert J. Klaus	Maleska
Thu Mar 1, 1990	28D	Reject	Michael A. Rampino	Maleska
Sun Aug 6, 1989	51D	Disdain	Kenneth Haxton	Maleska
Thu May 4, 1989	48D	Turn down disdainfully	Betty Jorgensen	Maleska
Fri Jan 8, 1988	13D	Scorn	Kay Sullivan	Maleska
Sun Mar 17, 1985	91A	Rebuff	John McCarthy Samson	Maleska
Mon Sep 6, 1982	39D	Reject	Adams	Maleska
Mon Sep 7, 1981	33A	Reject	David Galef	Maleska
Sun Jul 12, 1981	98A	Decline with disdain	Tap Osborn	Maleska
Sun Feb 22, 1981	147A	Reject	Tap Osborn	Maleska
Sun Nov 16, 1980	67D	Reject	Alfio Micci	Maleska
Fri Jun 8, 1979	19A	Disdain	Jack Luzzatto	Maleska
Tue Jan 23, 1979	33A	Turn one's back on	Herb L. Risteen	Maleska
Mon Aug 30, 1976	47A	Rebuff	Jay Spry	Weng
Thu Jun 10, 1976	57A	Shed a suitor	Martha J. DeWitt	Weng
Sat Mar 6, 1976	31D	Reject	Lita M. Elvers	Weng
Sun Mar 9, 1975	85D	Reject rudely	Maura B. Jacobson	Weng
Sun Apr 14, 1974	73D	Scorn	Threba Johnson	Weng
Thu Aug 23, 1973	63A	Reject	Unknown	Weng
Sun Apr 29, 1973	92D	Reject	Joseph LaFauci	Weng
Thu Jul 13, 1972	24A	Reject	Unknown	Weng
Sun Feb 6, 1972	87A	Reject	Jack Luzzatto	Weng
Sun Nov 30, 1969	89D	Reject rudely	Jack Luzzatto	Weng
Thu Sep 11, 1969	51D	Reject.	Unknown	Weng
Thu Mar 10, 1966	32A	Disdain.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Dec 16, 1965	24D	Give the cold shoulder to.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Nov 9, 1965	40A	Reject.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Sep 14, 1965	30D	Refuse with disdain.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Apr 19, 1964	106A	Reject.	A. J. Santora	Farrar
Mon Jan 29, 1962	39A	Reject with contempt.	Bettie Lou Fisher	Farrar
Wed Jul 27, 1960	48A	Reject.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed Aug 6, 1958	25D	Refuse with disdain.	H. L. Risteen	Farrar
Tue Apr 15, 1958	51A	Disdain.	Sidney Lambert	Farrar
Sun Feb 23, 1958	109A	Disdain.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar
Wed May 11, 1955	36D	Reject.	John M. Holmes	Farrar
Tue Jul 14, 1953	34A	Refuse with disdain.	Alfred Rosenheim	Farrar
Sun Jan 5, 1947	130D	Scorn and reject.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Sun Dec 3, 1944	80D	Refuse with scorn.	Louis Jenkins	Farrar

Anagrams:

SNURP, SPRUN

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