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8 results for THROES from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Aug 26, 2021	47A	Pangs	Ashish Vengsarkar	Shortz
Fri Dec 23, 2011	34A	Violent upheaval (2)	Patrick Berry	Shortz
Fri Jan 2, 2004	45A	Violent upheaval (2)	Sherry O. Blackard	Shortz
Thu Dec 5, 2002	53A	Violent struggle	Joe DiPietro	Shortz
Thu Aug 15, 2002	21D	Violent struggles (2)	Manny Nosowsky	Shortz
Sat Jan 24, 1998	58A	Paroxysms	Randolph Ross	Shortz
Thu Nov 6, 1997	24A	Spasms	Nancy Salomon	Shortz
Fri Jun 20, 1997	15A	Violent struggles (2)	Manny Nosowsky	Shortz

9 results for THROES from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Oct 14, 1989	40D	Paroxysms	Bernice Gordon	Maleska
Sun Dec 12, 1982	102D	Anguish	Bert Rosenfield	Maleska
Sat Mar 10, 1973	42D	Pangs	Unknown	Weng
Mon Apr 5, 1971	45D	Violent pangs	Unknown	Weng
Fri Aug 4, 1967	27A	Agonizing struggles.	Ronald C. Hirschfeld	Farrar
Thu Mar 4, 1965	24A	Agony.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun May 1, 1955	22D	Pangs.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar
Tue Dec 4, 1951	9D	Paroxysms.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Nov 10, 1946	114A	What most operatic heroines suffer.	Louis Jenkins	Farrar

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