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4 results for SLAVES from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Dec 23, 2012	114A	Breaks one's back (2)	Joe DiPietro	Shortz
Wed May 3, 2006	8D	Toils (away) (2)	Lisa Wiseman	Shortz
Mon Jul 8, 2002	46D	Toils (away) (2)	Sheldon Benardo	Shortz
Wed Jan 30, 2002	5D	Breaks one's back (2)	Randall J. Hartman	Shortz

20 results for SLAVES from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Jun 16, 1991	29A	Toils	Michael J. Parris	Maleska
Mon Dec 19, 1988	5D	Odalisques, e.g.	Jane S. Flowerree	Maleska
Mon May 23, 1988	11A	Drudges	Peter G. Snow	Maleska
Mon Jun 1, 1987	44A	Spartacus and Turner	Sidney L. Robbins	Maleska
Fri Sep 20, 1985	46D	Aïda and Spartacus, e.g.	Irene Smullyan	Maleska
Sun Feb 28, 1982	123A	Tubman and Turner	Bert Rosenfield	Maleska
Fri Aug 6, 1976	33A	Drudges	Higgins	Weng
Sun Oct 6, 1974	92A	Works hard	Bert Kruse	Weng
Thu Sep 28, 1972	5D	Aesop and others	Unknown	Weng
Mon May 22, 1972	14D	Works hard	Unknown	Weng
Sat Sep 12, 1964	42D	Drudges.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat Oct 14, 1961	6A	People in bondage.	Louise Earnest	Farrar
Sun Jul 12, 1959	130A	Last word of "Rule Britannia."	W. E. Jones	Farrar
Sun Dec 21, 1952	30D	Works too hard.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar
Sun Apr 27, 1952	42A	Jan. 1, 1863 was their big day.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar
Wed Aug 22, 1951	41A	Workers in Siberia.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun May 21, 1950	72A	Source of Peer Gynt's wealth.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Sun Jul 17, 1949	35D	William Lloyd Garrison fought for them.	Elizabeth Jackson	Farrar
Sun Feb 29, 1948	121D	Vessels.	Eileen St. Clair	Farrar
Sun Feb 18, 1945	129A	Worker-saboteurs in Silesia.	Art Sylvester	Farrar

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