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6 results for SPURTS from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Feb 3, 2025	46D	Small gushes	Jack Scherban	Shortz
Sat Jul 13, 2019	3D	Periods of growth	David Steinberg	Shortz
Tue Sep 13, 2016	45A	Gushes, as from a water fountain	Stanley Newman	Shortz
Sun Mar 11, 2012	80A	Gushes	Victor Fleming and John Dunn	Shortz
Thu Mar 19, 1998	46A	Sudden growths	Manny Nosowsky	Shortz
Sun Jul 28, 1996	98A	Bursts of energy	N. S. Wizer	Shortz

15 results for SPURTS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Nov 1, 1993	24A	Fits and starts	Betty Jorgensen	Taub
Fri Dec 14, 1990	46D	Gushes	Eileen Lexau	Maleska
Thu Sep 26, 1985	44D	Opposite of dribs and drabs	Louis Sabin	Maleska
Thu Mar 24, 1983	27A	Jets	Bernard Meren	Maleska
Mon Apr 6, 1981	42D	Sudden gushes	Elio Desiderio	Maleska
Fri Aug 13, 1976	25A	Gushes	Adelyn Lewis	Weng
Sun Feb 17, 1974	14A	Short spells	Elaine D. Schorr	Weng
Fri Jul 16, 1971	6A	Increased efforts	Unknown	Weng
Sat Nov 20, 1965	25D	Gushes.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Mar 26, 1964	34D	Bursts of energy.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon Jun 24, 1963	30A	Spells of activity.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Jun 3, 1958	13D	Bursts of speed.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Sun Jan 22, 1956	100D	Jets.	H. L. Risteen	Farrar
Sun Aug 29, 1954	7D	Sudden spells of activity.	W. E. Jones	Farrar
Sun Jan 4, 1948	64D	Jets.	P. J. Lamanna	Farrar

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