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3 results for AUCTION from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Oct 24, 2013	58A	Bridge type	Peter A. Collins	Shortz
Thu Apr 21, 2011	23D	Sail	Julian Lim	Shortz
Tue Jan 27, 1998	25D	Setting for this puzzle's theme	Manny Nosowsky	Shortz

2 results for AUCTION from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mar 4, 2018	Acrostic	G	Event crashed by Cary Grant in "North by Northwest"	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz
Dec 28, 2008	Cryptic	15A	Plastic toucan receives one offer on eBay (7)	Doug Peterson	Shortz

5 results for AUCTION from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Jan 18, 1976	78A	Contract's predecessor	Nancy W. Atkinson	Weng
Sat Aug 30, 1969	8A	Kind of bridge.	Unknown	Weng
Thu Feb 25, 1965	64A	Kind of sale.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Mar 29, 1955	7D	Card game.	Martha Brownlee	Farrar
Sun Aug 2, 1953	52A	Form of bridge.	Sidney Lambert	Farrar

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