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6 results for REGRESS from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Mar 1, 2018	7D	Backslide	Timothy Polin	Shortz
Fri Aug 22, 2003	54A	Go back (2)	Sherry O. Blackard	Shortz
Sun Feb 16, 2003	95D	Go back (2)	Charles M. Deber	Shortz
Mon Jun 7, 1999	26A	Move backward	Robert O. Dillman	Shortz
Sat May 8, 1999	43D	Slip	Richard Hughes	Shortz
Sat Nov 30, 1996	42D	Withdrawal	R. Norris	Shortz

1 result for REGRESS from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sep 27, 2020	Acrostic	D	Go to a state you left	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

8 results for REGRESS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Mar 15, 1992	88D	Backslide	Jane S. Flowerree	Maleska
Wed Jun 14, 1989	24A	Turn backward	H. Hastings Reddall	Maleska
Tue Feb 26, 1985	41D	Go back	Judith Perry	Maleska
Fri Sep 16, 1983	38A	Backslide	Clavan	Maleska
Sat Jan 29, 1983	7D	Backslide	Jack L. Steinhardt	Maleska
Sun Sep 5, 1965	121A	Retrograde.	Diana Sessions	Farrar
Wed Aug 25, 1965	39A	Withdrawal.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun May 3, 1942	119A	Go back.	Charles Merz	Farrar

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