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1 result for TOMFOOL from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
May 27, 2018	Acrostic	G	Idiot, bozo, lunkhead	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

3 results for TOMFOOL from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Oct 26, 1974	42A	Blockhead	Sara V. Tuckerman	Weng
Thu Sep 20, 1962	20A	Buffoon.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon Jan 23, 1956	4D	Relative of Simple Simon.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar

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