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5 results for NOLOS from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Oct 26, 2013	32D	Some pleas, briefly	Barry C. Silk	Shortz
Sun Aug 15, 2010	30A	Some court pleas, for short	Daniel C. Bryant	Shortz
Wed Jan 25, 2006	34D	Some court pleas, slangily	John Farmer	Shortz
Tue Feb 17, 1998	52D	Legal pleas, informally	Mark Elliot Skolsky	Shortz
Wed Dec 13, 1995	13D	Court pleas, briefly	Ernie Furtado	Shortz

2 results for NOLOS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Feb 26, 1991	45A	Court pleas, for short	William E. Heinemann	Maleska
Thu Sep 30, 1976	24D	Noncontending pleas, for short	Beverly J. Seward	Weng

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