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2 results for FEDERATE from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Jun 14, 2008	29A	Form a league	Brendan Emmett Quigley	Shortz
Sat Apr 16, 1994	11D	Unite	Rand H. Burns	Shortz

5 results for FEDERATE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Feb 21, 1989	9D	Unite into a league	Jeanette K. Brill	Maleska
Tue May 27, 1986	40D	Join forces	James R. Burns	Maleska
Sun May 25, 1986	4D	Join states	Corinne J. Naden	Maleska
Sat Jan 22, 1972	20A	Unite	Unknown	Weng
Mon Nov 7, 1955	4D	Form a league.	Martha Brownlee	Farrar

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