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8 results for TEARED from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Mar 28, 2021	106A	Welled (up) (2)	Olivia Mitra Framke	Shortz
Sun Mar 29, 2020	43A	Got misty-eyed, with "up"	Ricky Cruz	Shortz
Thu Feb 7, 2019	56A	Welled (up) (2)	Morton J. Mendelson	Shortz
Sat Jan 26, 2019	33D	Got misty, with "up" (2)	Grant Thackray	Shortz
Sat Mar 31, 2018	5D	Started to cry, with "up"	Kevin G. Der	Shortz
Thu Jul 13, 2017	46D	Got misty, with "up" (2)	Lewis E. Rothlein	Shortz
Sun Sep 29, 2013	97D	Got emotional, with "up"	Norm Guggenbiller	Shortz
Sat Mar 5, 1994	44A	Got misty	Manny Nosowsky	Shortz

9 results for TEARED from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Dec 11, 1992	45A	Reacted like Niobe	Ronald C. Hirschfeld	Maleska
Mon Mar 23, 1987	5D	Started to cry	Peter Swift	Maleska
Sun Apr 5, 1981	53A	Like Alice's pool	John McCarthy Samson	Maleska
Sat Mar 30, 1974	56A	Wet, as eyes	Joseph LaFauci	Weng
Sun Oct 2, 1955	47D	Wept.	Sidney Lambert	Farrar
Mon Apr 6, 1953	43D	Wept.	Edward Buckler	Farrar
Thu Oct 25, 1951	48A	Wept.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Feb 12, 1950	28D	Wept.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Sun Jul 7, 1946	46A	Wept.	Charles Cross	Farrar

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