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3 results for THUMBSUP from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Aug 29, 2007	56D	Encouraging sign	Jayne and Alex Boisvert	Shortz
Tue May 25, 1999	18A	Movie critics' approval	Philip Lew	Shortz
Wed Jan 1, 1997	11D	Yea	M. Diehl	Shortz

1 result for THUMBSUP from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Mar 20, 1967	54A	Signal of approval.	Cora Goodman	Farrar

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