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1 result for TACTICAL from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Oct 4, 2015	3D	Employing strategy	Jeremy Newton	Shortz

1 result for TACTICAL from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Dec 15, 2019	Panda	39A	Like the strategy Attila sees	Daniel Raymon	Shortz

4 results for TACTICAL from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Jul 3, 1991	12D	Expedient	C. McInerney	Maleska
Sun Nov 9, 1980	17A	Expedient	Bert H. Kruse	Maleska
Wed Aug 27, 1975	5D	Expedient	Elizabeth A. Yaro	Weng
Sun Oct 16, 1960	8D	Describing a maneuver.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar

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