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4 results for BACKWARD from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Dec 9, 2020	41A	See 30-Across	Owen Travis and Jeff Chen	Shortz
Thu Apr 16, 2015	33A	How the Across answers appear in the bottom half of this puzzle	Joe Krozel and Peter Collins	Shortz
Thu Apr 16, 2015	38A	How the Across answers appear in the top half of this puzzle vis-à-vis the bottom	Joe Krozel and Peter Collins	Shortz
Wed Nov 19, 1997	35D	Unenlightened	Elizabeth C. Gorski	Shortz

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