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4 results for TRASHCAN from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Oct 26, 2020	10D	Item rolled to the curb for a pickup	Eric Bornstein	Shortz
Sat Jul 31, 2010	65A	Pitching target	Barry C. Silk	Shortz
Mon Dec 26, 2005	38D	Refuse holder	Allan E. Parrish	Shortz
Wed Sep 15, 2004	36D	"Circular file"	Alan Arbesfeld	Shortz

1 result for TRASHCAN from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Oct 3, 2021	Cryptic	16D	Spots carbon in brown receptacle (5,3)	Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto	Shortz

6 results for TRASHCAN from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Sep 2, 1979	96A	What a litterbug ignores	E.T.M.	Maleska
Wed Feb 25, 1970	30D	Morning sidewalk sight	Unknown	Weng
Tue Aug 18, 1964	36D	Part of the street scene.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon May 6, 1963	8D	Part of the street scene.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Oct 24, 1958	37D	Litterbug's blind spot.	Helen Bernard	Farrar
Sun May 18, 1952	123A	Refuse container.	Diana Sessions	Farrar

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