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4 results for TOMFOOLERY from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Jan 26, 2016	58A	High jinks	Sam Ezersky	Shortz
Sun May 31, 2015	50A	Shenanigans	Tom McCoy	Shortz
Mon Mar 11, 2013	17A	Prankish activity	Robert Fisher	Shortz
Sun Oct 24, 1999	25A	Skylarking	Nancy Salomon	Shortz

1 result for TOMFOOLERY from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Oct 11, 2009	Acrostic	F	Horseplay, shenanigans	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

5 results for TOMFOOLERY from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Mar 31, 1991	88A	Class Clown	Nancy Nicholson Joline	Maleska
Fri Mar 7, 1986	11D	Silly behavior	S. E. Wilkinson	Maleska
Sat May 5, 1984	3D	Nonsense	Stanley Newman	Maleska
Fri Dec 22, 1961	17A	Nonsense.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon Feb 25, 1952	16A	Nonsense.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar

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