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7 results for TIRESOME from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Nov 5, 2020	40D	Growing old	Jeremy Newton	Shortz
Sun May 26, 2013	26A	Mind-numbing	Joon Pahk and Jeremy Horwitz	Shortz
Fri Feb 4, 2011	35D	Like a nudnik	Ashton Anderson	Shortz
Fri May 8, 1998	46A	Humdrum	Harvey Estes	Shortz
Fri Mar 13, 1998	36D	Wearing thin	Shannon Burns	Shortz
Sun Mar 9, 1997	62A	Dreary	June Boggs	Shortz
Thu Apr 18, 1996	36D	Fatiguing	A. J. Santora	Shortz

13 results for TIRESOME from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Jun 22, 1991	7D	Humdrum	Kevin Boyle	Maleska
Sun Oct 28, 1990	95D	Boring	Peter Swift	Maleska
Wed May 3, 1989	42A	Boring	Kenneth Witte	Maleska
Sat Jul 28, 1984	29A	Boring	John M. Samson	Maleska
Sun Apr 8, 1984	85D	Tedious	Jeanette K. Brill	Maleska
Sun Aug 13, 1978	50A	Boring	Louis Baron	Maleska
Thu Jul 27, 1978	44A	Boring	A. J. Santora	Maleska
Tue Jan 23, 1968	54A	Boring.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon Sep 2, 1963	52A	Boring.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Apr 24, 1952	58A	Boring.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Nov 30, 1951	49A	Tedious or vexatious.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jul 27, 1947	37A	Boring.	Louise Rabb	Farrar
Sun Jan 28, 1945	65A	Boring.	Harriot Cooke	Farrar

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