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5 results for VAINER from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Jul 8, 2021	48D	More egocentric	John Lampkin	Shortz
Fri Jan 6, 2017	2D	More prideful	Jacob Stulberg	Shortz
Sat Jul 19, 2014	43D	Like Cinderella's stepsisters vis-à-vis Cinderella	Barry C. Silk	Shortz
Sun Apr 6, 2014	29D	Less humble	Patrick Berry	Shortz
Sun Jun 1, 2003	21A	Like Narcissus, and then some	Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon	Shortz

5 results for VAINER from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Oct 2, 1962	1A	Having less real value.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Apr 20, 1961	44A	More fruitless.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Nov 22, 1953	26A	More conceited.	W. E. Jones	Farrar
Mon Mar 10, 1952	65A	More peacocky.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Oct 3, 1943	105A	More futile.	P. J. Lamanna	Farrar

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