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9 results for BARELY from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Jun 9, 2022	48D	By a narrow margin	Dan Ziring	Shortz
Thu Jun 9, 2016	29D	Just (5)	Damon Gulczynski	Shortz
Tue Nov 8, 2011	25D	With no room to spare	Scott Atkinson	Shortz
Sun Feb 20, 2011	28D	Just (5)	Elizabeth C. Gorski	Shortz
Tue Oct 27, 2009	13D	By a hair	Chuck Deodene	Shortz
Tue Apr 20, 2004	9D	Just (5)	Allan E. Parrish	Shortz
Fri Mar 5, 2004	45A	Just (5)	Gary Steinmehl	Shortz
Mon Feb 23, 2004	43D	By the skin of one's teeth	Anne Garellick	Shortz
Sat Apr 15, 2000	26D	Just (5)	Raymond Hamel	Shortz

13 results for BARELY from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Nov 28, 1992	41D	Almost not	Tap Osborn	Maleska
Sun Feb 16, 1992	31D	How Godiva rode!	Joel D. Lafargue	Maleska
Fri Apr 4, 1986	44D	By a nose	Dale O. Burgener	Maleska
Tue Jun 22, 1982	44A	No more than	Joel D. Lafargue	Maleska
Fri Oct 2, 1981	27A	By a whisker	A. J. Santora	Maleska
Sat Mar 3, 1979	54A	Just about	William Lutwiniak	Maleska
Mon Jan 20, 1975	34A	No more than	Ben Finn	Weng
Wed Sep 30, 1970	10D	Just about	Unknown	Weng
Fri Jul 2, 1965	44D	Only just.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Feb 5, 1963	45D	Only just.	Louis Sabin	Farrar
Thu Jan 9, 1958	39A	Only just.	Joseph LaFauci	Farrar
Sun Dec 19, 1948	86A	But just.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Sun Sep 22, 1946	60A	Hardly.	Waldo Ranson	Farrar

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