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2 results for AFOE from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Aug 2, 2020	98D	"___ to tyrants, and my country's friend" (words of Cato in "Julius Caesar")	David Levinson Wilk	Shortz
Sun Sep 1, 2013	46D	"He makes no friend who never made ___": Tennyson	John Farmer	Shortz

3 results for AFOE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Jul 19, 1992	102D	"___ to the public weal": Shak.	Kevin Boyle	Maleska
Wed Nov 5, 1980	6D	"___ to the public weal": Shak.	Civen	Maleska
Sun Sep 17, 1961	95A	"He makes no friend who never made ___."	W. E. Jones	Farrar

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