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7 results for STANCH from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Jun 28, 2020	28D	Stop the flow of (2)	Jon Schneider and Anderson Wang	Shortz
Tue Jul 11, 2017	3D	Stem the flow of	Zhouqin Burnikel	Shortz
Tue Feb 9, 2016	41D	Stop the flow of (2)	Lynn Lempel	Shortz
Fri Jun 28, 2013	30D	Stop	Ian Livengood and Brad Wilber	Shortz
Sun Feb 24, 2013	19D	Cut off (2)	Joe DiPietro	Shortz
Thu Dec 12, 1996	68A	Stop, as a flow	J. R. Conrad	Shortz
Sun May 14, 1995	11A	Cut off (2)	Richard Silvestri	Shortz

9 results for STANCH from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Feb 23, 1970	49D	Put an end to	Unknown	Weng
Sun Oct 15, 1967	100A	Check.	Sidney Lambert	Farrar
Mon Nov 23, 1964	4D	Loyal.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Mar 26, 1961	79A	Trustworthy.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Fri Mar 10, 1961	38A	Loyal.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Aug 5, 1960	29D	Steadfast.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Aug 17, 1958	100A	Loyal.	A. J. Santora	Farrar
Sun Jul 15, 1956	11D	Trustworthy.	Charles Cross	Farrar
Sat Oct 25, 1952	33A	Steadfast and true.	Unknown	Farrar

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