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5 results for TRICKY from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Oct 28, 2020	1A	With 21-, 30-, 49-, 61- and 74-Across, end of a Carrie Bradshaw quote that starts "Men in their 40s are like the New York Times Sunday crossword puzzle ..."	Peter Gordon	Shortz
Fri Jan 25, 2013	46A	Having a catch	Joe DiPietro	Shortz
Sun May 15, 2005	29A	Complicated	Patrick Berry	Shortz
Wed Mar 16, 2005	71A	Word spelled phonetically by the starts of 1-, 20-, 27-, 36-, 49- and 56-Across	Holden Baker	Shortz
Tue Dec 23, 2003	26A	Deceptive	Mike Torch	Shortz

1 result for TRICKY from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Jun 18, 2023	Acrostic	U	Deceitful; requiring skill to handle	David Balton & Jane Stewart	Shortz

6 results for TRICKY from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Jul 13, 1992	22A	Sly	William Canine	Maleska
Mon Nov 18, 1991	22A	Sly	William Canine	Maleska
Tue Feb 12, 1985	46A	Sly	Gayle Dean	Maleska
Tue Jun 12, 1979	22A	Ingenious or sly	Evelyn Benshoof	Maleska
Thu Feb 6, 1964	21A	Deceptive.	William Lutwiniak	Farrar
Fri Sep 17, 1954	20A	Unreliable.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar

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