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3 results for ENTAILED from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Jun 13, 2003	37D	Required	Todd McClary	Shortz
Fri May 22, 1998	66A	Necessitated (2)	Brendan Emmett Quigley	Shortz
Sat Jan 7, 1995	31A	Necessitated (2)	Randolph Ross	Shortz

23 results for ENTAILED from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Aug 8, 1993	77D	Involved necessarily	Tom Underhill	Maleska
Sun Apr 6, 1986	77D	Involved necessarily	Judith C. Dalton	Maleska
Tue Dec 3, 1985	21A	Necessitated	Jim Page	Maleska
Tue Jun 25, 1985	4D	Gave rise to	Mark Diehl	Maleska
Wed May 1, 1985	45A	Involved necessarily	Eugene T. Maleska	Maleska
Fri Sep 24, 1982	20A	Necessitated	Alfio Micci	Maleska
Sun Sep 14, 1975	77D	Involved	Bert Kruse	Weng
Tue Jul 16, 1974	5D	Caused	Manny Miller	Weng
Sat Dec 1, 1973	20A	Involved	Unknown	Weng
Sat Aug 14, 1971	12D	Required perforce	Unknown	Weng
Tue Nov 12, 1968	39D	Involved.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Jul 28, 1964	20A	Necessitated.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Mar 17, 1964	54A	Necessitated.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Nov 9, 1962	37D	Necessitated.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon Aug 13, 1962	64A	Necessitated.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jul 8, 1962	48A	Involved.	Ted Dombras	Farrar
Sat Feb 1, 1958	33D	Involved.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Thu Aug 1, 1957	39D	Necessitated.	A. H. Drummond, Jr.	Farrar
Mon Jun 3, 1957	20A	Necessitated.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon May 10, 1954	4D	Imposed as necessary.	Albert Blum	Farrar
Sun Dec 20, 1953	45A	Describing certain estates.	Sam Lake	Farrar
Sun Feb 25, 1951	13D	Given inalienably, as an estate.	W. E. Jones	Farrar
Sun Oct 29, 1944	12D	Involved.	W. W. Webster	Farrar

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