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9 results for INASPOT from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Jul 22, 2024	43D	Stuck, with no easy way out	Laura Dershewitz	Fagliano
Thu Jul 13, 2017	14A	Stuck (4)	Lewis E. Rothlein	Shortz
Sun Nov 6, 2016	99A	Up against it	Joe DiPietro	Shortz
Sun Mar 18, 2012	91A	Stuck (4)	Mike Nothnagel and Byron Walden	Shortz
Sun Oct 11, 2009	105A	Stuck (4)	Randolph Ross	Shortz
Fri Oct 12, 2007	1A	Stuck (4)	Mike Nothnagel	Shortz
Fri Dec 23, 2005	28A	Stymied	Manny Nosowsky	Shortz
Thu Jan 30, 2003	39D	Up the creek	Alan Arbesfeld	Shortz
Sun Feb 18, 2001	93D	Having some trouble	David J. Kahn	Shortz

1 result for INASPOT from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Jan 17, 2010	Acrostic	K	Up the creek, high and dry (3 wds.)	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

5 results for INASPOT from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat May 3, 1980	30A	Faced with a predicament	Rae	Maleska
Thu Apr 4, 1968	51A	Having big trouble.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Feb 4, 1964	12A	Having trouble.	Helen Fasulo	Farrar
Fri Jan 19, 1962	40A	In trouble: Colloq.	Helen Fasulo	Farrar
Sat Mar 15, 1958	20A	Uncomfortably situated: Slang.	Peter Allen	Farrar

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