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5 results for BREAKIN from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Jan 10, 2022	39D	Burglary, e.g.	Lynn Lempel	Shortz
Fri Oct 15, 2010	44D	Cause for an alarm	Peter Wentz	Shortz
Thu Jan 15, 2009	38A	Burglary ... or a hint to 17/18-, 26/29-, 47/51- and 62/63-Across	Patrick Blindauer	Shortz
Fri Jan 31, 2003	17A	Make a bad entrance?	Brendan Emmett Quigley	Shortz
Sat May 14, 1994	36D	Watergate, for starters	Rand H. Burns	Shortz

7 results for BREAKIN from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Mar 25, 1989	9D	Illegal entry	Eli Wesoff	Maleska
Sun Feb 17, 1980	37D	Train a tyro	Jordan S. Lasher	Maleska
Sat Nov 25, 1967	20D	Interrupt.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat Jun 10, 1967	45D	Train.	Arthur Schulman	Farrar
Tue Nov 22, 1966	46D	Interrupt.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Feb 28, 1960	95D	Train a tyro.	Sidney Lambert	Farrar
Sun Jun 5, 1949	46D	That which interrupts.	George Newkirk	Farrar

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