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3 results for BRAINDRAIN from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Apr 4, 2011	17A	Mass exodus of expertise	Lynn Lempel	Shortz
Mon Dec 8, 2003	18A	Unwanted loss of intellectual workers	Barry Silk	Shortz
Sun Aug 19, 2001	16D	Loss through emigration	David J. Kahn	Shortz

2 results for BRAINDRAIN from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Jul 14, 1989	11D	Loss caused by emigration for profit	Walter Covell	Maleska
Sun Jun 4, 1967	3D	England's problem.	A. J. Santora	Farrar

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