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1 result for PINCER from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Dec 27, 2001	25A	Buy-one-get-one-free item?	Patrick Berry	Shortz

8 results for PINCER from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Feb 1, 1987	42D	Torture, in a way	Frances Hansen	Maleska
Fri Apr 27, 1973	48A	Military maneuver	Unknown	Weng
Fri May 29, 1970	22A	Kind of military movement	Unknown	Weng
Sun May 1, 1966	70A	Nip.	William A. Lewis Jr.	Farrar
Tue Dec 24, 1963	37A	Pinch, as with pliers.	Louise Earnest	Farrar
Sun Nov 10, 1957	69D	Nip.	Dorothy E. Smith	Farrar
Mon Jul 25, 1955	8A	Nip with a gripping instrument.	John M. Holmes, Jr.	Farrar
Sat Apr 17, 1954	41D	Part of a pair of nippers.	Marian Moeser	Farrar

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