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6 results for INPLAY from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Sep 13, 2015	113A	Not dead, as a football	Joe DiPietro	Shortz
Sun Jun 26, 2011	66A	Up for grabs, as convention delegates	David Levinson Wilk	Shortz
Mon Jun 20, 2011	18D	Like a fair ball as opposed to a foul ball	Lynn Lempel	Shortz
Mon Dec 14, 2009	43D	Live, as a football (2)	Tim Darling	Shortz
Wed Nov 8, 2006	27D	Live, as a football (2)	Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon	Shortz
Sun Aug 17, 1997	112A	Live, as a game ball	Cathy Millhauser	Shortz

5 results for INPLAY from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Oct 21, 1965	26A	Said of a football.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Jan 25, 1963	9D	Alive, as the ball, in sports.	John Byrne	Farrar
Tue Mar 29, 1960	4D	Term in basketball.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Feb 7, 1960	6D	Fair, as in baseball.	Jules Arensberg	Farrar
Fri Nov 7, 1952	47A	Not dead, as a ball in sports.	Unknown	Farrar

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