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2 results for HITA from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Jul 6, 2008	80D	Words with snag or home run	Brendan Emmett Quigley	Shortz
Sun Jun 29, 1997	4D	___ run of bad luck	David J. Kahn	Shortz

6 results for HITA from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Sep 16, 1992	66A	"A ___ very palpable ... ": Shak.	Joel D. Lafargue	Maleska
Sat May 25, 1991	50D	"A ___ very palpable ... ": Shak.	Ernie Furtado	Maleska
Thu Nov 3, 1988	51D	___ snag (have trouble)	Joel D. Lafargue	Maleska
Tue Aug 4, 1981	55D	"A ___ very palpable hit": Shak.	Sawikin	Maleska
Fri Sep 28, 1973	36D	Japanese city	Unknown	Weng
Wed Feb 1, 1967	58D	___ homer.	Thomas E. Devlin	Farrar

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