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3 results for WISEGUY from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Nov 28, 2011	4D	Smart aleck (2)	Andrea Carla Michaels	Shortz
Mon Mar 16, 2009	37A	*Smart aleck (2)	Lynn Lempel	Shortz
Fri Mar 24, 1995	5D	Flippant fellow	Christopher Hurt	Shortz

4 results for WISEGUY from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Feb 9, 1977	53A	Know-it-all	Samuel K. Fliegner	Weng
Fri Sep 17, 1965	9D	Know-it-all.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jan 8, 1961	55A	Smart aleck.	Arthur Schulman	Farrar
Fri Sep 10, 1954	21A	He knows all the answers.	S. A. Kay	Farrar

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