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1 result for HARDSHIP from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Jan 8, 2017	Acrostic	I	Qualification for financial aid	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

6 results for HARDSHIP from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Apr 24, 1989	38D	Trouble	Norma Steinberg	Maleska
Wed Jul 13, 1983	39D	What Alger boys endure	Risley	Maleska
Tue Nov 23, 1982	38D	Privation	James R. Burns	Maleska
Mon Feb 17, 1964	39D	Rainy day concomitant.	S. A. Kay	Farrar
Sat Mar 23, 1957	28A	Cause of suffering.	S. A. Kay	Farrar
Sun Jan 2, 1955	41A	Common Dickensian situation.	Jules Arensberg	Farrar

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