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17 results for ADOUT from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Jan 26, 2025	115A	Worst time for a double fault	Rich Proulx	Shortz
Sun Aug 22, 2021	78D	Score after seven points, maybe	Stephen McCarthy	Shortz
Thu Mar 18, 2021	25D	Opportunity for a service break	Tom McCoy	Shortz
Tue May 26, 2020	13A	Tennis score after deuce, maybe	Neville Fogarty	Shortz
Sun Apr 19, 2020	27A	Bad position for a server	Jack Mowat and Jeff Chen	Shortz
Sun Sep 9, 2018	114A	Certain break point	Hal Moore	Shortz
Sun Apr 17, 2016	103D	Tennis situation after deuce	Howard Barkin	Shortz
Tue Apr 7, 2015	3D	Possible score before a service break	David J. Lieb	Shortz
Thu Aug 7, 2014	14A	Possible score before winning a game	Joe DiPietro	Shortz
Tue Jan 14, 2014	37A	Score before a service break, maybe	Tim Croce	Shortz
Thu Feb 3, 2011	14A	Deuce follower (2)	Matt Ginsberg	Shortz
Wed Dec 23, 2009	59A	Break point score, perhaps	Jonathan Porat	Shortz
Wed Apr 22, 2009	16A	Break point (2)	Daniel A. Finan	Shortz
Tue Jan 13, 2009	16A	Deuce follower in tennis	Daniel Kantor and Jay Kaskel	Shortz
Fri Dec 9, 2005	8D	Deuce follower (2)	Sherry O. Blackard	Shortz
Sun Apr 1, 2001	123A	Potential serve-breaker's score	Bill Zais and Nancy Salomon	Shortz
Sat Aug 9, 1997	4D	Break point (2)	Raymond Hamel	Shortz

3 results for ADOUT from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Aug 28, 1967	2D	Tennis score.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Aug 20, 1967	118A	Tennis score.	Sidney Lambert	Farrar
Mon Jan 30, 1967	2D	Tennis score.	Rachel F. Baker	Farrar

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