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6 results for MISFIT from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Sep 4, 2014	48D	Outcast, often	Samuel A. Donaldson	Shortz
Thu Apr 25, 2013	7A	Troublemaker, perhaps	Jeffrey Wechsler	Shortz
Fri May 18, 2012	3D	Fish out of water (2)	Allan E. Parrish	Shortz
Mon May 30, 2005	43D	Fish out of water (2)	Lynn Lempel	Shortz
Sun Mar 4, 2001	91D	Nonconformist	Cathy Millhauser	Shortz
Fri Nov 24, 2000	47D	Square peg in a round hole	Martin Ashwood-Smith	Shortz

1 result for MISFIT from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Oct 15, 2006	Acrostic	P	Maverick, dropout, loner	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

12 results for MISFIT from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Jan 24, 1992	30A	Pants from Sam	Ernie Furtado	Maleska
Tue May 8, 1990	21A	Square peg in a round hole	Fred Toole	Maleska
Mon Feb 22, 1988	24D	One not suited for the job	Elissa Koolyk	Maleska
Sun Nov 30, 1980	67A	Maladjusted person	A. J. Santora	Maleska
Wed Jun 6, 1979	10D	Fish out of water	Ruth Lake Tepper	Maleska
Sun May 4, 1975	15A	Square peg in a round hole	Marjorie Pedersen	Weng
Sat Jun 23, 1973	5D	Wrong size	Unknown	Weng
Mon Sep 3, 1962	44A	Fish out of water.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat Jun 11, 1960	52A	"Square peg."	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Dec 31, 1959	1D	Square peg in a round hole.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Oct 30, 1955	115A	Square peg in a round hole.	Herbert Ettenson	Farrar
Tue May 3, 1955	27A	Square peg in a round hole.	James R. Overholt	Farrar

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