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6 results for SHOELACE from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon May 13, 2024	35D	Part of a sneaker, but not a sandal	Jeremy Newton	Fagliano
Thu Feb 19, 2015	62A	It may be on the tip of the tongue (2)	Jason Flinn	Shortz
Sat Feb 9, 2013	17A	One getting poked in the eye?	Peter Wentz	Shortz
Sat Dec 15, 2012	31A	It goes over the tongue	Will Nediger	Shortz
Thu Apr 22, 2010	11D	It may be on the tip of the tongue (2)	Caleb Madison	Shortz
Mon Apr 7, 2003	37D	Common place for a knot	Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon	Shortz

1 result for SHOELACE from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Nov 29, 2015	Acrostic	P	Cord associated with a doubly slipped reef knot	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

6 results for SHOELACE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Jun 22, 1988	28A	Oxford part	Kenneth Witte	Maleska
Sat May 5, 1984	12A	Place for an aglet	Stanley Newman	Maleska
Thu May 11, 1961	6D	String of a sort.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Mar 12, 1961	46A	String, of a sort.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar
Tue Feb 26, 1957	29A	Peripatetic fastener.	Christine F. Brooks	Farrar
Mon Mar 8, 1954	7A	Notion counter item.	J. F. Kelly	Farrar

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