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4 results for WHINER from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Jun 7, 2022	31A	Annoying complainer	Carly Schuna	Shortz
Wed Feb 5, 2020	10D	Kvetch (2)	Ross Trudeau	Shortz
Sun Apr 2, 2006	103D	Kvetch (2)	Bob Klahn	Shortz
Sun Nov 30, 1997	38A	Spoiled child, perhaps	Charles Deber	Shortz

4 results for WHINER from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Mar 14, 1988	46D	Puling person	Christopher Sherwood	Maleska
Sun Dec 2, 1979	69A	Querimonious child	George Rose Smith	Maleska
Sat Jun 9, 1979	24A	Child as "stubborn as a mewl"	Vincent L. Osborne	Maleska
Sun May 25, 1947	119D	Unmanly complainer.	P. J. Lamanna	Farrar

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