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13 results for ATFIRST from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Sep 18, 2022	97A	From the get-go	Katie Hale	Shortz
Thu Feb 3, 2022	1D	Before knowing more	Adam Wagner	Shortz
Mon Apr 8, 2019	44A	Initially (7)	Tracy Gray and Jeff Chen	Shortz
Mon Jan 28, 2019	1D	Initially (7)	Thomas van Geel	Shortz
Sat Nov 17, 2018	1A	Going in	Doug Peterson and Erik Agard	Shortz
Fri Jan 6, 2017	39D	Originally (2)	Jacob Stulberg	Shortz
Sun Jul 1, 2012	105A	Initially (7)	Dan Schoenholz	Shortz
Tue Sep 23, 2003	38A	Initially (7)	Nancy Salomon and Gail Grabowski	Shortz
Wed Sep 25, 2002	20A	To begin with	Tyler Hinman	Shortz
Thu Jun 21, 2001	4D	Initially (7)	Peter Abide	Shortz
Thu Jun 24, 1999	24D	Initially (7)	Jim Page	Shortz
Thu Aug 25, 1994	63A	Originally (2)	Harvey Estes	Shortz
Thu Jun 2, 1994	41D	Initially (7)	Harvey Estes	Shortz

2 results for ATFIRST from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Apr 17, 2011	Panda	35A	Sift art, initially	Mel Taub	Shortz
Nov 16, 2008	Panda	35A	If start is beginning ...	Mel Taub	Shortz

7 results for ATFIRST from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Oct 2, 1970	4D	" ... loved not ___ sight?"	Unknown	Weng
Fri Mar 29, 1968	44D	To begin with.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Feb 18, 1968	12D	Originally.	Pamela V-W Wood	Farrar
Tue Aug 29, 1967	45D	To begin with.	Leonard Sussman	Farrar
Mon Oct 3, 1966	56A	In the beginning.	Louise Earnest	Farrar
Thu May 21, 1964	21A	To start with.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Mar 12, 1961	26A	Initially.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar

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