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1 result for INSTITCHES from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Oct 18, 1998	41D	Another surgeon had the audience ___	David J. Kahn	Shortz

4 results for INSTITCHES from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Apr 12, 2020	Acrostic	L	Doubled over with hilarity (2 wds.)	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz
Feb 18, 2018	Acrostic	Q	Rolling on the floor laughing (2 wds.)	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz
Apr 29, 2007	Acrostic	O	Cracked up by a tailor's joke? (2 wds.)	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz
Sep 12, 1999	Acrostic	G	Cracking up (2 wds.)	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

3 results for INSTITCHES from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Oct 10, 1981	47A	How the witty surgeon left his patients	Tap Osborn	Maleska
Wed Mar 23, 1960	17A	Convulsed with laughter: Colloq.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat Mar 24, 1956	11D	"Rolling in the aisles."	Harold T. Bers	Farrar

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