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4 results for SADISTIC from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Feb 19, 2022	52A	Callous to an extreme	Billy Bratton	Shortz
Sun Feb 20, 2011	12D	Really mean	Elizabeth C. Gorski	Shortz
Sun Apr 17, 2005	12D	Vicious	Manny Nosowsky	Shortz
Sun Nov 21, 1993	46D	Cruel	Peter Gordon	Shortz

1 result for SADISTIC from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Jun 9, 2024	Panda	39D	Its acids can be cruel	Samuel A. Donaldson	Fagliano

1 result for SADISTIC from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Jul 3, 1953	52A	With cruel tendencies.	Roberta Morse	Farrar

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