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8 results for BINDS from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun May 30, 2021	49D	Tough spots	Adam Wagner	Shortz
Wed Oct 2, 2019	46A	Tricky situations	Mangesh Ghogre	Shortz
Tue Sep 8, 2009	1A	Tight spots	Alan Arbesfeld	Shortz
Sun Sep 19, 2004	28A	Fixes	Kyle Mahowald	Shortz
Sun Sep 6, 1998	123D	Finishes a book?	Rich Norris	Shortz
Tue Aug 29, 1995	50D	Ties up	John R. Conrad	Shortz
Sun Apr 23, 1995	39D	Handcuffs	Randolph Ross	Shortz
Mon Jun 6, 1994	27D	Ties	Robert Zimmerman	Shortz

18 results for BINDS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Aug 16, 1985	8D	Ties	Whitten	Maleska
Sun Feb 14, 1982	64D	Hogties	William Lutwiniak	Maleska
Fri Jul 6, 1979	9D	Ties	Johnson	Maleska
Mon Jul 19, 1976	18A	Restricts	James A. Brussel	Weng
Wed Jan 31, 1973	51A	Secures	Unknown	Weng
Thu Dec 10, 1970	46D	Ties securely	Unknown	Weng
Mon Mar 7, 1966	35A	Puts under contract.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat Jun 12, 1965	18D	Restrains.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Dec 18, 1964	26A	Joins together.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Jul 31, 1962	33D	Unites.	Kathryn Righter	Farrar
Wed Nov 1, 1961	1A	What a contract does.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Apr 4, 1957	44D	Obligates.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Dec 2, 1956	56A	Puts under contract.	William A. Lewis Jr.	Farrar
Sun Mar 6, 1955	79A	Holds.	Maura Jacobson	Farrar
Thu Jan 20, 1955	34D	Wraps around.	Ruth Oliver	Farrar
Tue Aug 17, 1954	8D	Obligates by duty.	M. S. Manning	Farrar
Sun Nov 10, 1946	83D	Ties together.	Louis Jenkins	Farrar
Sun Aug 23, 1942	67D	"The vow that ___ too strictly snaps itself."—Tennyson.	Louis Baron	Farrar

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