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4 results for OUTACT from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Jul 28, 2024	72D	Beat at an audition, maybe	Paolo Pasco	Fagliano
Sun Jun 30, 2024	63A	Perform better than	Ginny Too	Fagliano
Thu Jul 8, 2021	50D	Best in a film audition, say	John Lampkin	Shortz
Thu Mar 13, 2014	2D	Best on stage, say	Alex Vratsanos	Shortz

4 results for OUTACT from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Dec 9, 1973	74A	Do better on the stage	Keith Blake	Weng
Sat Jan 22, 1955	15D	Surpass in histrionics.	Sidney Lambert	Farrar
Sun Dec 27, 1953	39D	Steal the scene from.	Herbert Ettenson	Farrar
Sun Nov 20, 1949	99A	Surpass on stage.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar

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