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1 result for MALEFIC from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Dec 5, 2021	Acrostic	A	Sinister, evil, baleful	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

4 results for MALEFIC from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Nov 3, 1984	50A	Harmful	S. E. Wilkinson	Maleska
Sun Aug 12, 1979	107D	Evil	Jordan S. Lasher	Maleska
Tue Jul 23, 1957	46A	Hurtful.	Sidney Lambert	Farrar
Fri Oct 3, 1952	7D	Emanating evil.	Unknown	Farrar

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