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1 result for CRYPTIC from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun May 26, 2019	6D	Puzzling	Ruth Bloomfield Margolin	Shortz

1 result for CRYPTIC from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Jun 18, 2000	Acrostic	L	Having a hidden or ambiguous meaning	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

3 results for CRYPTIC from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Aug 16, 1968	44A	Mysterious.	Arthur Schulman	Farrar
Fri Dec 30, 1966	28A	Mysterious.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed Jan 18, 1956	52A	Secret.	Unknown	Farrar

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