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3 results for OPERATED from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Jan 22, 1999	11D	Didn't malfunction	Ed Early	Shortz
Sat Mar 30, 1996	65A	Managed	D. R. Stark	Shortz
Tue Feb 6, 1996	28A	Ran	Randy Sowell	Shortz

7 results for OPERATED from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Mar 21, 1988	28A	Worked	Frank Geary	Maleska
Thu Dec 23, 1971	6D	Did a tonsil job	Unknown	Weng
Thu Dec 6, 1962	20A	Worked.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Aug 27, 1961	85D	Ran.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar
Mon Aug 14, 1961	10D	Worked.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat Oct 31, 1959	35D	Acted.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed Jun 19, 1957	37D	Functioned.	Joseph LaFauci	Farrar

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