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13 results for SADSACK from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Mar 25, 2025	26A	Schlemiel	Bob Benson	Shortz
Fri Jul 14, 2017	1A	Perennial loser (2)	Patrick Berry	Shortz
Sat Jan 24, 2009	13D	Born loser (2)	Mark Diehl	Shortz
Tue Sep 16, 2008	25A	Perennial loser (2)	Michael Langwald	Shortz
Sun Jan 20, 2008	53D	Oaf	Natan Last	Shortz
Sat Nov 29, 2003	1D	Bumbler	Randolph Ross	Shortz
Sun Oct 28, 2001	7D	Blunderer	Michael Ashley	Shortz
Mon Sep 4, 2000	43A	Pathetic bumbler	Elizabeth C. Gorski	Shortz
Fri Jul 28, 2000	1D	Born loser (2)	Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon	Shortz
Sun Aug 8, 1999	7D	Inept person	Brendan Emmett Quigley	Shortz
Mon Feb 8, 1999	21A	Pathetically inept person (2)	Sidney L. Robbins (1909-97)	Shortz
Fri Jan 30, 1998	12D	Pathetically inept person (2)	Martin Ashwood-Smith	Shortz
Wed Nov 2, 1994	21D	Cartoon private	Harvey Estes	Shortz

12 results for SADSACK from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Oct 6, 1972	26D	Inept G.I.	Unknown	Weng
Sun May 25, 1969	7A	Misfit of W. W. II	Eugene T. Maleska	Weng
Tue Mar 19, 1968	57A	Misfit: Slang.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Jun 23, 1964	19A	Misfit, military style.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon Sep 23, 1963	15A	Military blunderer: Slang.	Leonard Sussman	Farrar
Fri Sep 21, 1962	8A	Hapless one: Slang.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Nov 22, 1959	26A	Soldier of a sort.	William A. Lewis Jr.	Farrar
Sun Jan 11, 1959	100D	G.I. of a sort.	Jules Arensberg	Farrar
Mon Jun 10, 1957	7D	Ineffective soldier: Slang.	Helen Bernard	Farrar
Mon Nov 12, 1956	20A	Doleful comic strip character.	Helen Fasulo	Farrar
Thu Sep 15, 1955	24A	Frustrated G. I.	Sidney Lambert	Farrar
Sat Mar 31, 1951	36D	Geo. Baker's cartoon G.I.	Unknown	Farrar

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