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6 results for DEADER from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon May 6, 2019	31D	___ than a doornail	Peter Gordon	Shortz
Wed Nov 4, 2015	53A	Like a doornail, only more so	Ruth Bloomfield Margolin	Shortz
Thu Mar 10, 2011	46D	Less lively	Matt Ginsberg	Shortz
Thu Mar 12, 2009	48D	More like a doornail?	David Chapus	Shortz
Mon Oct 9, 2006	33D	More tired	Sarah Keller	Shortz
Sat May 8, 1999	45D	Less stimulating	Richard Hughes	Shortz

2 results for DEADER from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Mar 30, 1953	13D	More exhausted: Colloq.	Sidney Lambert	Farrar
Sun Oct 12, 1952	105D	More monotonous.	Jules Arensberg	Farrar

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