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2 results for PLAYINGWITHFIRE from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Jun 13, 2012	38A	Inviting danger ... the end of which can precede each half of the answer to each asterisked clue	Susan Gelfand	Shortz
Mon Apr 26, 2010	37A	Doing something risky ... or a hint to the last words of 18-, 24-, 49- and 58-Across	Lynn Lempel	Shortz

4 results for PLAYINGWITHFIRE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Feb 24, 1992	64A	Taking chances	Bernice Gordon	Maleska
Thu Apr 21, 1977	17A	Rash	Mel Rosen	Maleska
Mon Nov 12, 1973	63A	Living dangerously	Unknown	Weng
Sat Nov 27, 1965	55A	Taking chances.	Unknown	Farrar

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