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4 results for SHOULDA from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Apr 5, 2015	51A	Word of regret	Tom McCoy	Shortz
Wed Jan 7, 2015	17A	Slangy word of regret	Greg Johnson	Shortz
Sun Jan 19, 2014	7A	Ought to have, informally (2)	Dan Schoenholz	Shortz
Sun Aug 3, 1997	78D	Ought to have, informally (2)	Peter Gordon	Shortz

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