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6 results for ASLAP from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Dec 1, 2019	70A	Give ___ on the wrist (2)	Patrick Merrell	Shortz
Sat Apr 28, 2007	7D	"What ___ of the face is here!": Thomas Paine, "Common Sense"	Sherry O. Blackard	Shortz
Sun May 6, 2001	103D	Give ___ on the wrist (2)	Manny Nosowsky	Shortz
Thu Oct 10, 1996	50A	"It's ___ in the face"	D. J. Kahn	Shortz
Tue Aug 6, 1996	22D	Be ___ in the face	F. Heaney	Shortz
Thu Apr 4, 1996	26D	Like___in the face	M. Diehl	Shortz

6 results for ASLAP from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Dec 8, 1978	19D	___ in the face (sharp rebuke)	Sara V. Tuckerman	Maleska
Sat Apr 15, 1978	1A	___ in the face	William Lutwiniak	Maleska
Tue Aug 3, 1976	60A	___ in the face	Jim Plackner	Weng
Sun Jul 16, 1972	1D	___ in the face	C. McInerney	Weng
Sun Feb 13, 1972	23A	___ in the face	Bert Rosenfield	Weng
Tue Oct 24, 1967	35A	"___ on the back."	Louis Sabin	Farrar

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