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1 result for PETARDS from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Mar 5, 2000	38D	Hoisting devices?	Nancy Nicholson Joline	Shortz

4 results for PETARDS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Jun 4, 1967	84D	Firecrackers.	A. J. Santora	Farrar
Thu May 20, 1965	38D	Explosives, old style	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Aug 2, 1962	42D	Firecrackers.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue May 27, 1958	41D	Firecrackers of a sort.	S. A. Kay	Farrar

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