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13 results for SMUDGE from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Mar 9, 2022	44D	Photocopy flaw	Peter Gordon	Shortz
Sun May 3, 2020	68A	A fingerprint can leave one	Ben Zimmer and Brendan Emmett Quigley	Shortz
Mon Nov 4, 2013	59A	Mark that might be left with greasy fingers	John Lieb	Shortz
Tue Jan 4, 2011	9D	Makeup mishap	David Hanson	Shortz
Fri Apr 8, 2005	58A	Target for a gum eraser	Manny Nosowsky	Shortz
Thu Oct 10, 2002	26D	Printing goof	Richard Silvestri	Shortz
Sun Dec 31, 2000	22A	Fingerprint, say	Elizabeth C. Gorski	Shortz
Sat Sep 23, 2000	9A	Artist's goof	Rich Norris	Shortz
Sun Mar 21, 1999	13A	Photo marrer	Lloyd E. Pollet	Shortz
Thu Jun 18, 1998	11D	Soil	Alan Arbesfeld	Shortz
Sun Apr 28, 1996	53A	Soot mark	D. C. Baldwin	Shortz
Thu Jan 5, 1995	23A	Smeary mark	Harvey Estes	Shortz
Tue Nov 1, 1994	10D	Blur	Christopher Page	Shortz

1 result for SMUDGE from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Jan 14, 2018	Diagramless	34D	Risk with wet ink	Paula Gamache	Shortz

10 results for SMUDGE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed May 10, 1989	6D	Blur	William Canine	Maleska
Sat May 17, 1986	44A	Soil or blur	Jesse Roarke	Maleska
Thu Jun 23, 1977	5D	Smear	Evelyn Benshoof	Maleska
Wed Apr 28, 1976	40A	Dirty mark	Reginald L. Johnson	Weng
Tue Oct 15, 1974	53A	Result of careless erasure	Manny Miller	Weng
Sun Jul 21, 1974	1D	Anti-mosquito fire	Barbara Gillis	Weng
Fri Apr 15, 1960	59A	Blur.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed Nov 18, 1959	45D	Dense smoke to drive away insects.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Jul 1, 1955	42A	Blur.	Victor Goldfarb	Farrar
Thu Dec 14, 1950	25D	Smoky fire, used to protect fruit from frost.	Elizabeth Patterson	Farrar

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