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3 results for NEEDING from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Oct 13, 2016	14D	Bereft of	Don Gagliardo and Zhouqin Burnikel	Shortz
Sun Mar 27, 2005	49D	Short of	Con Pederson	Shortz
Sun Jul 12, 1998	71A	Without	Henry Hook	Shortz

4 results for NEEDING from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu May 17, 1990	41A	In want of	Richard Silvestri	Maleska
Sat Jul 7, 1984	7D	In want	Ernst Theimer	Maleska
Sat Sep 9, 1967	8D	Requiring.	Joseph LaFauci	Farrar
Wed Jul 31, 1963	54A	Requiring.	Unknown	Farrar

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