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6 results for OLDSAWS from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Feb 9, 2025	32A	Chestnuts	Rich Katz and Jeff Chen	Shortz
Sun Sep 6, 2020	47A	Proverbs (3)	David Kwong	Shortz
Mon Jul 15, 2019	28A	"Haste makes waste" and similar sayings	Ed Sessa	Shortz
Thu May 3, 2018	41D	Proverbs (3)	Emily Carroll	Shortz
Sun Nov 22, 2015	11D	"Every dog has his day" and others	Samuel A. Donaldson and Jeff Chen	Shortz
Wed Jul 27, 2005	1D	Proverbs (3)	Michael Shteyman	Shortz

1 result for OLDSAWS from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Feb 13, 2022	Acrostic	B	Ripe chestnuts? (2 wds.)	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

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