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2 results for USURPER from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Oct 10, 2004	66D	Takeover artist	Elizabeth C. Gorski	Shortz
Thu Oct 3, 2002	21A	Coup participant, e.g.	Susan Harrington Smith	Shortz

11 results for USURPER from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Nov 28, 1984	46A	Coup d'état victor	Judson G. Trent	Maleska
Thu Sep 15, 1977	10D	Seizer like Caesar	Dorothea E. Shipp	Maleska
Sun Feb 28, 1971	18D	Throne seizer	Frances Hansen	Weng
Thu Jul 4, 1968	43D	Seizer of power.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Nov 22, 1957	40D	Unlawful seizer.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed Jun 6, 1956	45D	Royal supplanter.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Tue Feb 1, 1955	44A	Illegal occupant of a throne.	E. E. Smith	Farrar
Fri May 11, 1951	45D	Unlawful seizor.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jun 2, 1946	65D	Executer of coup d'état.	W. W. Wordsworth	Farrar
Sun Dec 2, 1945	20D	Illegal seizer.	Alberta N. Burton	Farrar
Sun Feb 20, 1944	153A	Displacer of true ruler.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar

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