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2 results for DOORNAIL from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Mar 28, 2018	37D	Something in a simile that's dead beyond doubt	Peter Gordon	Shortz
Thu May 24, 2012	53A	Carpentry item in a common simile	Derik Moore	Shortz

1 result for DOORNAIL from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Jan 26, 2025	Acrostic	N	Small piece of hardware mentioned nowadays mainly in an idiom	David Balton & Jane Stewart	Shortz

3 results for DOORNAIL from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat May 23, 1992	34D	Dead as a ___	Ernie Furtado	Maleska
Sun May 19, 1991	19A	Deadness symbol	Ralph G. Beaman	Maleska
Sun Apr 16, 1961	128A	Symbol of deadness.	Aida Cromwell	Farrar

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