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2 results for OVERACTED from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Apr 19, 2015	125A	Hammed it up	Don Gagliardo and Zhouqin Burnikel	Shortz
Sat Feb 16, 2008	30D	Was broad on the boards	Tony Orbach	Shortz

2 results for OVERACTED from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Apr 27, 1978	14A	Hammed it up	Martha J. DeWitt	Maleska
Sun May 18, 1958	44D	Exaggerated, on stage.	A. H. Drummond Jr.	Farrar

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