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1 result for SECONDBEST from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Feb 23, 2020	79D	Runner-up	Sophia and David Maymudes	Shortz

4 results for SECONDBEST from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Dec 31, 1970	41A	What some people settle for	Unknown	Weng
Sat Jun 20, 1970	59A	Out of the middle drawer	Louise Earnest	Weng
Sun Jan 17, 1960	73D	Kind of bed Shakespeare left to his wife.	Threba Johnson	Farrar
Fri Mar 18, 1955	3D	Inferior.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar

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