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11 results for SETSAIL from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Sep 4, 2016	75A	Begin a voyage	Tom McCoy	Shortz
Thu Jul 7, 2016	4D	Go to sea	Joel Elkins and Andrea Carla Michaels	Shortz
Mon Sep 21, 2015	27A	Leave port	Bruce Haight	Shortz
Sat Feb 7, 2009	44A	Headed out for the drink	Pete Muller	Shortz
Wed Jan 16, 2008	5D	Shove off (2)	Barry C. Silk	Shortz
Fri Apr 22, 2005	21D	Depart, in a way	Myles Callum	Shortz
Fri Jan 3, 2003	4D	Cast off (2)	Jim Page	Shortz
Fri Nov 19, 1999	56A	Shove off (2)	Manny Nosowsky	Shortz
Tue Aug 27, 1996	35A	Embark on a voyage	D. E. Donaldson	Shortz
Thu Jun 20, 1996	20A	Head out of port	C. Millhauser	Shortz
Sat Nov 19, 1994	10D	Cast off (2)	Brett Blaylock	Shortz

12 results for SETSAIL from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu May 9, 1985	52A	Start a voyage	Harold B. Counts	Maleska
Thu May 19, 1983	13A	Commenced a voyage	John Greenman	Maleska
Sat Jun 22, 1974	32A	Leave the pier	Dorothea E. Shipp	Weng
Fri Nov 13, 1970	38A	Leave port	Arthur Schulman	Weng
Sun Nov 10, 1968	40A	Start a voyage	Will Weng	Farrar
Thu Mar 24, 1966	55A	Embark.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Sep 6, 1964	109D	Embark.	Will Weng	Farrar
Sat Aug 24, 1963	26D	Put to sea.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Sep 23, 1956	63A	Embark.	Roberta Morse	Farrar
Mon Feb 7, 1955	8D	"One Friday morn when we ___ ... "	Elsie Bishop	Farrar
Tue Apr 21, 1953	27A	"One Friday morn when we ___ ... "	Roberta Morse	Farrar
Sat Dec 27, 1952	33A	"One Friday morn when we ___ ... "	Unknown	Farrar

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