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2 results for PLAYDEAD from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Dec 12, 2017	11D	Lie on one's back and not move, maybe	David J. Kahn	Shortz
Sat Feb 4, 2006	30A	Lie very, very still	Philip C. Ordway	Shortz

1 result for PLAYDEAD from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Nov 12, 1959	37A	Act possum.	Unknown	Farrar

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