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2 results for FORDEAD from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Feb 9, 2007	40D	A bad way to be left	Eric Berlin	Shortz
Fri Oct 31, 1997	43A	How some are left	Matt Gaffney	Shortz

1 result for FORDEAD from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Nov 26, 1976	6D	Left ___ (abandoned)	Stanley A. Kurzban	Weng

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