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2 results for ABANDONS from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Jul 21, 2009	11D	Forsakes	Donna S. Levin	Shortz
Sat Jul 24, 1999	17A	Gives up	Rich Norris	Shortz

6 results for ABANDONS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Oct 4, 1992	71A	Forsakes	Randolph Ross	Maleska
Thu Jul 31, 1980	40A	Forsakes	Jean J. Davison	Maleska
Sun Jul 15, 1973	89D	Gives up	George Rose Smith	Weng
Tue Dec 10, 1957	10D	Leaves high and dry.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jul 22, 1956	44A	Deserts.	Arthur Schulman	Farrar
Sun Oct 15, 1944	22A	Forsakes.	Bert Storey	Farrar

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