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5 results for BOXIN from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Jan 3, 2024	11D	Trap from all sides	Jared Goudsmit	Shortz
Wed Jun 30, 2021	9D	Completely confine	Christopher Adams and Adam Aaronson	Shortz
Tue Aug 28, 2018	7D	Trap, as a car	Brian Thomas	Shortz
Wed Oct 8, 2003	46A	Confine (2)	Peter Sarrett	Shortz
Tue Aug 11, 1998	19A	Confine (2)	Randall J. Hartman	Shortz

3 results for BOXIN from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Apr 12, 1970	132D	Corner	Frances Hansen	Weng
Mon May 15, 1961	41A	Completely confine.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Oct 9, 1960	103A	Surround.	Herbert Lyle	Farrar

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