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4 results for TOPSOIL from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Aug 30, 2024	13D	Nursery purchase	Colin Adams	Fagliano
Sat Nov 10, 2012	39A	Growing concern?	David Quarfoot	Shortz
Thu Apr 4, 2002	4A	Plowed layer	Trip Payne	Shortz
Fri Mar 28, 1997	12D	Bulb cover	Jim Page	Shortz

5 results for TOPSOIL from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Jun 19, 1975	44A	Plow's milieu	Evelyn Benshoof	Weng
Mon Mar 29, 1971	48A	Lawn layer	Unknown	Weng
Tue Jun 17, 1952	1A	Substance blown from dust bowls.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Mar 20, 1952	38A	The good earth.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Sep 3, 1950	86A	What the Dust Bowl loses.	Willard N. Jordan	Farrar

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