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5 results for FOISTED from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Oct 28, 2023	44A	Passed off as genuine	Ryan McCarty	Shortz
Fri Aug 28, 2015	22D	Imposed (on)	Samuel A. Donaldson	Shortz
Sun Jun 23, 2013	87A	Palmed off	Patrick Berry	Shortz
Fri May 28, 2010	31A	Introduced surreptitiously	Joe Krozel	Shortz
Fri Apr 19, 2002	38D	Put (on)	Elizabeth C. Gorski	Shortz

5 results for FOISTED from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Dec 1, 1989	53A	Passed off as genuine	Rhonda Kraus	Maleska
Thu Sep 13, 1973	52A	Inserted covertly	Unknown	Weng
Mon Nov 13, 1972	23D	Palmed off	Unknown	Weng
Wed Jul 26, 1967	49A	Palmed off.	Cora Goodman	Farrar
Sun Sep 7, 1952	106D	Palmed off.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar

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