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2 results for STALES from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Oct 11, 2023	20A	Gets old, say	Miranda Kany	Shortz
Thu Feb 28, 2013	42D	Loses freshness	Joe Krozel	Shortz

11 results for STALES from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Aug 23, 1991	12D	Becomes wearisome	Dorothea E. Shipp	Maleska
Fri Jan 8, 1971	3D	Becomes old-hat	Unknown	Weng
Fri Jun 13, 1969	37A	Goes flat.	Unknown	Weng
Sun Jul 25, 1965	112D	Becomes wearisome.	Will Weng	Farrar
Sun Jun 20, 1965	111A	Loses freshness.	Sidney Lambert	Farrar
Sat Dec 29, 1956	10D	Loses freshness.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Aug 5, 1956	118D	Gets out of condition.	H. L. Risteen	Farrar
Mon Aug 8, 1955	53A	Becomes old and dry.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed Aug 20, 1952	21A	Becomes trite.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Mar 17, 1946	127A	Grows boring.	Lewis Jenkins	Farrar
Sun Nov 18, 1945	65A	Becomes trite.	W. W. Webster	Farrar

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