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1 result for MISUSES from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Oct 22, 2010	42D	Exploits	Scott Atkinson	Shortz

4 results for MISUSES from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Apr 10, 1976	35A	Handles badly	Bill Shipp	Weng
Wed May 12, 1971	37D	Takes unfair advantage of	Unknown	Weng
Sat Apr 18, 1964	36A	Treats badly.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Aug 27, 1961	48A	Solecisms.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar

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