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5 results for THEBEST from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Feb 24, 2024	24A	Unbeatable	Rebecca Goldstein and Rafael Musa	Shortz
Sat Feb 17, 2018	45A	A-number-one	Peter Wentz	Shortz
Sat Jun 7, 2014	62A	#1	John Lieb	Shortz
Fri Oct 24, 2008	38A	Tops (2)	Frederick J. Healy	Shortz
Sat May 8, 2004	1D	Tops (2)	Bob Peoples	Shortz

3 results for THEBEST from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue May 28, 1991	45D	"___ is yet to be": Browning	Stanley Glass	Maleska
Tue Apr 5, 1988	25D	"___ Things in Life Are Free"	S. E. Wilkinson	Maleska
Wed Jul 22, 1970	33A	___ of everything	Unknown	Weng

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