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3 results for ELIMINATE from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Jan 23, 2015	15A	Knock out	Ed Sessa	Shortz
Fri Aug 26, 2011	13D	Waste	Brendan Emmett Quigley	Shortz
Tue Oct 28, 2008	12D	Rule out	Allan E. Parrish	Shortz

2 results for ELIMINATE from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Oct 27, 2024	Cryptic	15D	Cheer about one-minute ban (9)	Richard Silvestri	Fagliano
Jul 29, 2007	Diagramless	42D	Dump	Byron Walden	Shortz

13 results for ELIMINATE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu May 2, 1991	31D	Rub out	Jean M. Hunt	Maleska
Sat Jul 21, 1990	20A	Remove	Nancy Joline	Maleska
Thu Sep 24, 1987	45A	Reject	Walter Covell	Maleska
Fri Nov 7, 1986	15A	Take out	Eugene T. Maleska	Maleska
Sun Jun 30, 1985	79D	Reject	Caroline G. Fitzgerald	Maleska
Tue Jan 27, 1981	32D	Defeat in a heat	Christopher Sherwood	Maleska
Fri Nov 7, 1969	52A	Remove.	Unknown	Weng
Fri Dec 30, 1960	15A	Take out.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Feb 16, 1958	89D	Remove.	Arthur Lewis	Farrar
Sun Jan 25, 1948	91A	Exclude.	Willard N. Jordan	Farrar
Sun Dec 23, 1945	28A	"___ the negative."	L. K. Peters	Farrar
Sun Sep 12, 1943	146A	Liquidate.	Alexis P. Boodberg	Farrar
Sun Dec 20, 1942	26A	Get rid of.	Mrs. Hedley V. Cooke	Farrar

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