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3 results for SOLVES from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Jun 30, 2007	14D	Does the math	Byron Walden	Shortz
Mon Nov 20, 2006	50D	Does crosswords, say	Bernice Gordon	Shortz
Sun Mar 3, 2002	75D	Works	Elizabeth C. Gorski	Shortz

3 results for SOLVES from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Jan 19, 1986	116D	Unravels	J. Samuel Smart	Maleska
Sun Sep 16, 1979	93A	Emulates Marple	Mary Virginia Orna	Maleska
Thu Mar 23, 1961	49A	Does puzzles.	Unknown	Farrar

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