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7 results for SUBPAR from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun May 12, 2019	51D	Poor (4)	Victor Barocas	Shortz
Fri Nov 23, 2018	43D	Poor (4)	Temple Brown	Shortz
Sun Sep 25, 2016	110A	Poor (4)	Jim Holland and Jeff Chen	Shortz
Sat Sep 11, 1999	60A	Poor (4)	Rich Norris	Shortz
Sat Jul 18, 1998	46A	Not up to snuff	Rich Norris	Shortz
Mon Oct 10, 1994	5D	Poor, as a performance	Wayne Robert Williams	Shortz
Thu Feb 24, 1994	10D	Inferior	Stanley Newman	Shortz

1 result for SUBPAR from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mar 21, 1999	Panda	58A	A burp's not up to snuff	Mel Taub	Shortz

2 results for SUBPAR from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat May 11, 1963	42D	Below a certain standard.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun May 27, 1962	5D	Below normal level.	E. R. Galli	Farrar

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