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5 results for LAYMEN from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Oct 17, 2022	8D	Nonexperts (2)	Caryn L. Robbins	Shortz
Wed Jul 6, 2016	21A	By no means experts	David Woolf	Shortz
Fri Oct 10, 2008	26A	Amateurs	Kyle Mahowald	Shortz
Tue Apr 27, 2004	51D	Nonprofessionals	Janet R. Bender	Shortz
Sun Jun 26, 1994	134A	Nonexperts (2)	Nancy Nicholson Joline	Shortz

4 results for LAYMEN from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun May 30, 1993	90A	Nonprofessionals	A. J. Santora	Maleska
Sun Jun 1, 1980	80A	Seculars	Threba Johnson	Maleska
Mon Jan 27, 1958	48A	Nonprofessionals.	Helen Fasulo	Farrar
Wed May 23, 1951	66A	Non-professionals.	Unknown	Farrar

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