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6 results for CLOSED from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Oct 19, 2018	6D	One side of a store sign	Trenton Charlson	Shortz
Sun Jan 18, 2015	10D	Shut	Joe Krozel	Shortz
Sat Dec 21, 2013	38A	Not for the general public	Todd Gross and David Steinberg	Shortz
Tue Nov 26, 2013	46D	After-hours shop sign	Don Gagliardo and Zhouqin Burnikel	Shortz
Sat Jul 12, 1997	57A	Dark, on Broadway	Richard Silvestri	Shortz
Tue Feb 4, 1997	41A	Out of business	G. R. Ferguson	Shortz

10 results for CLOSED from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Jun 18, 1990	7D	Shut down	Sidney L. Robbins	Maleska
Wed Jun 14, 1989	43A	___-circuit TV	H. Hastings Reddall	Maleska
Wed Mar 25, 1981	44A	Kind of shop or circuit	Bernice Gordon	Maleska
Sun Jan 28, 1979	108D	Shut	William Lutwiniak	Maleska
Mon May 29, 1972	42D	Kind of shop or circuit	Unknown	Weng
Tue Oct 11, 1966	1A	Shut.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Nov 16, 1958	14A	Kind of shop.	W. E. Jones	Farrar
Wed Aug 14, 1957	34D	Opposite of 44 Across.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar
Sat Dec 18, 1954	45A	___ circuit.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar
Sun Oct 27, 1946	35A	___ shop.	L. K. Peters	Farrar

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