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2 results for VACUA from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Apr 9, 2017	31D	Empty spaces (2)	Byron Walden	Shortz
Tue Mar 16, 1999	50D	Empty spaces (2)	Fred Piscop	Shortz

2 results for VACUA from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Apr 13, 1986	85A	Empty spaces	Norma Steinberg	Maleska
Sun Mar 6, 1960	1A	Empty spaces.	Spiro K. Kostof	Farrar

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