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1 result for BYFITSANDSTARTS from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Nov 14, 2004	24A	Haltingly	Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon	Shortz

7 results for BYFITSANDSTARTS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Dec 28, 1978	54A	Impulsively and irregularly	Kathryn Righter	Maleska
Tue May 14, 1974	3D	Irregularly	Elaine D. Schorr	Weng
Fri Jul 11, 1969	56A	Unevenly.	Unknown	Weng
Thu Jul 25, 1968	39A	Spasmodically.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat Jul 30, 1966	57A	In an irregular way.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat Mar 12, 1966	55A	See 34 Across.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Nov 29, 1962	46A	Intermittently	Unknown	Farrar

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