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4 results for PATCHY from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Nov 2, 2021	25A	Like teenage facial hair, often	Vaibhav Srikaran and Matthew Stock	Shortz
Sun Feb 7, 2021	5D	Like many a teenage boy's facial hair	Katie Hale and Christina Iverson	Shortz
Sat Jul 11, 2009	9D	Inconsistent	Karen M. Tracey	Shortz
Wed Nov 4, 1998	8D	Like some fog	Rich Norris	Shortz

7 results for PATCHY from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Sep 26, 1991	10D	Of inconsistent quality	Eugene T. Maleska	Maleska
Sun Jan 15, 1978	19D	Uneven	Alex F. Black	Maleska
Thu Sep 18, 1975	5D	Uneven, as fog banks	Evelyn Benshoof	Weng
Sat Aug 16, 1969	41A	Of irregular quality.	Unknown	Weng
Sun May 1, 1966	70D	Irregular.	William A. Lewis Jr.	Farrar
Fri Dec 29, 1961	48D	Spotty.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Jun 26, 1956	50D	Not uniform in quality.	Helen Fasulo	Farrar

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