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1 result for HOPING from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri May 3, 2013	29D	___ for the best	David Kwong	Shortz

4 results for HOPING from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Jun 1, 1988	51A	"O tender yearning, sweet ___!": Schiller	Elaine George	Maleska
Sat Apr 30, 1977	1A	Having expectancies	Berg	Maleska
Sun Jul 2, 1967	63D	Expectant.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar
Sun Nov 1, 1959	60A	Trusting.	Charles Gersch	Farrar

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