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1 result for DOWNSTAGE from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Dec 27, 1997	20D	Actor's area	Martin Ashwood-Smith	Shortz

1 result for DOWNSTAGE from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sep 24, 2023	Acrostic	X	Toward the proscenium	David Balton & Jane Stewart	Shortz

2 results for DOWNSTAGE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Mar 21, 1989	11D	Nearest the audience	Shirley Soloway	Maleska
Sun Jun 3, 1956	76D	In the spotlight.	Helen Bernard	Farrar

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