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4 results for BADLOT from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Apr 24, 2022	39D	Bunch of scoundrels	Sam Ezersky	Shortz
Wed Sep 10, 2014	46A	Scoundrel	Jim Peredo	Shortz
Sun Aug 14, 2011	37D	Rapscallion	Paula Gamache	Shortz
Sun Jun 1, 1997	7D	Spoiled bunch	Randolph Ross	Shortz

3 results for BADLOT from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Oct 17, 1980	52A	Crook	Dorothea E. Shipp	Maleska
Sun Jul 19, 1970	85A	No-good one	Hume R. Craft	Weng
Sun Apr 17, 1966	82D	Evildoer: Colloq.	Arthur Schulman	Farrar

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