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1 result for WHIPSAW from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Mar 31, 2001	44D	Subject to simultaneous opposing forces	Rich Norris	Shortz

1 result for WHIPSAW from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mar 28, 2010	Acrostic	K	Two-person cutter; swing sharply	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

3 results for WHIPSAW from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Jan 18, 1962	9D	Cutting implement.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Dec 23, 1956	67A	Lumberjack's implement.	Herbert Ettenson	Farrar
Fri Nov 17, 1950	3D	Lumberman's cutting instrument.	Unknown	Farrar

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