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12 results for LEDE from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Nov 18, 2023	55A	It may be buried	Hoang-Kim Vu	Shortz
Sun Apr 17, 2022	102A	First line in a news story	Emet Ozar	Shortz
Sun Jan 9, 2022	128A	Start of a story, in journalese	Timothy Polin	Shortz
Tue Nov 30, 2021	6D	Start of an article, in journalist lingo	Billy Ouska	Shortz
Mon Oct 11, 2021	36A	Opening of an article, in journalism lingo	Ben Pall	Shortz
Mon Nov 9, 2020	48A	Start of a newspaper article, in journalese	Kate Hawkins	Shortz
Sat Jul 4, 2020	21A	First line in a newspaper story	Peter Wentz	Shortz
Wed May 1, 2019	65A	Article's start, in journalism jargon	Joel Fagliano	Shortz
Sun Dec 17, 2017	19A	First sentence of a news story (2)	Andrew J. Ries	Shortz
Sun May 7, 2017	102D	First sentence of a news story (2)	Natan Last, Finn Vigeland and the J.A.S.A. Crossword Class	Shortz
Sat Dec 3, 2016	22D	Start of a news story, in journalism lingo	Jason Flinn	Shortz
Sun Nov 20, 2011	19A	Article's start, to a journalist	Trip Payne	Shortz

1 result for LEDE from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Jun 3, 2018	Panda	32D	First paragraph in a title deed	Joel Fagliano	Shortz

1 result for LEDE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Oct 14, 1945	95A	Strategic town, E. Flanders.	Lester Keene	Farrar

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