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5 results for FLAKY from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Nov 9, 2021	67A	Like a good biscuit	Jennifer Lee and Victor Galson	Shortz
Sun Feb 9, 2020	53A	Mentally erratic	Brian Kulman	Shortz
Sun Oct 28, 2012	88D	Unreliable (2)	Michael Sharp and Caleb Madison	Shortz
Sun May 27, 2012	99D	Unreliable (2)	Byron Walden	Shortz
Fri Sep 15, 2000	31D	Like some pie crusts	Brendan Emmett Quigley	Shortz

5 results for FLAKY from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Sep 4, 1983	62A	Like a kook	Mary Virginia Orna	Maleska
Sun Jul 17, 1983	92A	Like a kook	Tap Osborn	Maleska
Wed Jan 13, 1965	56D	Like some pie crust.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat May 9, 1959	6D	Made up of chips.	A. H. Drummond, Jr.	Farrar
Sun Feb 18, 1945	14D	Consisting of small loose masses.	Art Sylvester	Farrar

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