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1 result for DEFROSTS from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Feb 18, 2015	39D	Gets out of the freezer, say	Ed Sessa	Shortz

4 results for DEFROSTS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Feb 7, 1975	47A	Thaws	Sidney L. Robbins	Weng
Sun Nov 25, 1973	92D	Does a refrigerator job	Alfio Micci	Weng
Sun Dec 9, 1962	98A	Melts.	Barbara L. Golub	Farrar
Sun Apr 27, 1958	47D	Removes ice from.	Grace Hoster	Farrar

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