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4 results for LUMBAGO from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Jan 4, 2021	53A	Pain in the lower back	Kathy Wienberg	Shortz
Sun Jan 24, 2016	14D	Lower back pain (2)	Francis Heaney and Brendan Emmett Quigley	Shortz
Sat Aug 21, 2004	36D	Lower back pain (2)	Patrick Berry	Shortz
Sun Aug 13, 1995	83D	Back pain	Nancy Salomon	Shortz

1 result for LUMBAGO from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Jun 3, 1945	118D	Rheumatic pain.	Willard N. Jordan	Farrar

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