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3 results for RUBOUT from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Jan 4, 2014	22D	Erase	Kyle Dolan	Shortz
Tue Jan 17, 2006	21A	Bump off	Nancy Salomon	Shortz
Fri May 7, 2004	41D	Waste	Manny Nosowsky	Shortz

2 results for RUBOUT from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Jul 7, 1990	28D	Eliminate, gang style	Bert Rosenfield	Maleska
Sun Aug 22, 1976	80D	Erase	DeWitt Anderson	Weng

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