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8 results for XOX from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Nov 6, 2019	30D	Affectionate sign-off (2)	Ross Trudeau	Shortz
Sun Apr 28, 2019	102D	Tic-tac-toe loser (2)	Brendan Emmett Quigley	Shortz
Wed Mar 19, 2014	34D	Worthless tic-tac-toe row	Samuel A. Donaldson	Shortz
Wed Nov 28, 2012	63D	Affectionate sign-off (2)	Adam G. Perl	Shortz
Fri Jul 20, 2012	20A	Certain losing line	Martin Ashwood-Smith	Shortz
Wed Feb 22, 2012	63D	Losing row	Karen Young Bonin	Shortz
Sun Apr 11, 2004	61D	Tic-tac-toe loser (2)	Patrick Merrell	Shortz
Thu Apr 29, 1999	13D	Noughts-and-crosses line	Adam Cohen	Shortz

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