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2 results for VARIANT from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed May 8, 2019	27D	An ay for an aye, e.g.?	Stu Ockman	Shortz
Sun Sep 1, 2013	45A	Webster's second?	John Farmer	Shortz

1 result for VARIANT from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Dec 4, 2022	Acrostic	W	Alternative spelling; mutation	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

8 results for VARIANT from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Aug 25, 1988	46D	Something different	William Canine	Maleska
Fri Mar 25, 1983	43D	Mutation	Jack L. Steinhardt	Maleska
Sun May 30, 1982	53D	Mutation	Alfio Micci	Maleska
Sat Sep 14, 1974	65A	Alternative spelling	Dorothea E. Shipp	Weng
Sat Jan 30, 1971	60A	Differing	Unknown	Weng
Sat Mar 13, 1965	34A	Word of a kind.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Feb 7, 1965	23A	Changeable.	Natalie Hankemeyer	Farrar
Sun Apr 22, 1945	26A	Changing.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar

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