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4 results for DEFEATS from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun May 31, 2015	80A	Bests (3)	Tom McCoy	Shortz
Tue Dec 26, 2000	4D	Bests (3)	Gene Newman	Shortz
Wed Oct 23, 1996	23A	Gets the better of	R. Norris	Shortz
Sun Oct 9, 1994	131A	Bests (3)	Bryant White	Shortz

8 results for DEFEATS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Aug 22, 1989	5D	Beats	Harold B. Counts	Maleska
Sun Dec 14, 1986	12D	Vanquishes	Ernst Theimer	Maleska
Sun Sep 24, 1972	40A	Thwarts	George Rose Smith	Weng
Mon Jul 18, 1966	9D	Losses.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jan 16, 1966	34D	Vanquishes.	W. E. Jones	Farrar
Thu Feb 19, 1953	61A	Frustrates.	Bernice Gordon	Farrar
Sun Jun 13, 1948	90D	Circumvents.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Sun Nov 9, 1947	14D	What Lohengrin does to Telramund.	Louis Jenkins	Farrar

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