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6 results for IMPLODE from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue May 24, 2022	42D	Go really, really wrong	Ella Dershowitz	Shortz
Thu Nov 12, 2015	17A	Self-destruct (2)	David Kwong	Shortz
Thu Jan 18, 2007	38A	Self-destruct (2)	Randolph Ross	Shortz
Sun Aug 4, 1996	105A	Burst in	D. Tuller	Shortz
Fri Jan 19, 1996	37D	Opposite of burst	C. Gersch	Shortz
Mon Apr 18, 1994	55A	Burst inward	Nancy Joline	Shortz

2 results for IMPLODE from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Feb 27, 2022	Acrostic	B	Dramatically collapse	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz
Sep 21, 2003	Acrostic	V	Succumb to external pressure	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

2 results for IMPLODE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Feb 1, 1985	51A	Burst inward	Judith Perry	Maleska
Fri Jan 9, 1981	36A	Burst inward	Dorothea E. Shipp	Maleska

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