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12 results for BBALL from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Oct 29, 2024	5A	Game also called "hoops"	Kathy Lowden	Fagliano
Thu Oct 13, 2022	29A	It's played in the 5-Across, informally	Lewis Rothlein	Shortz
Thu Jun 17, 2021	27D	Hoops (8)	Blake Slonecker	Shortz
Sun Nov 15, 2020	11A	Hoops (8)	Caitlin Reid	Shortz
Wed Dec 7, 2016	18A	Hoops (8)	David Steinberg	Shortz
Tue Apr 10, 2012	29A	Shaq's game	Gregory Philip Butler	Shortz
Thu Jun 10, 2010	9D	Hoops (8)	Mike Nothnagel	Shortz
Sun Aug 15, 2004	130A	Celts play it	Brendan Emmett Quigley	Shortz
Sun Mar 30, 2003	67D	Hoops (8)	Alan Arbesfeld	Shortz
Wed Sep 12, 2001	51D	"Hoops" (8)	Philip Lew	Shortz
Sun Sep 28, 1997	101D	Hoops (8)	Robert H. Wolfe	Shortz
Mon Oct 17, 1994	39D	"Hoops" (8)	Jonathan Schmatzbach	Shortz

1 result for BBALL from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
May 9, 2004	Diagramless	70A	Hoops	Brendan Emmett Quigley	Shortz

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