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7 results for POINTA from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Aug 30, 2023	48D	Starting place	Alex Eaton-Salners	Shortz
Mon Jul 9, 2018	12D	Route map start	John Lampkin	Shortz
Tue Dec 20, 2016	24D	Starting place, on a map	Timothy Polin	Shortz
Sat Jan 18, 2014	46D	Itinerary start	David Steinberg	Shortz
Mon Nov 17, 2008	64A	Place to begin to connect the dots	Paula Gamache	Shortz
Sun Sep 16, 2007	101A	Start of an itinerary	Mike Nothnagel	Shortz
Sat Mar 25, 2006	37D	Where to begin	Byron Walden	Shortz

2 results for POINTA from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Jan 30, 1977	83A	___ finger at	Dorothea E. Shipp	Weng
Tue Mar 16, 1976	31A	___ finger at	Manny Miller	Weng

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