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10 results for XOO from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Feb 5, 2023	85A	Losing line in tic-tac-toe (2)	Jeremy Newton	Shortz
Wed Oct 22, 2014	16A	Losing line in tic-tac-toe (2)	Patrick Blindauer	Shortz
Sat Nov 3, 2012	60D	Unhelpful noughts-and-crosses line	Milo Beckman	Shortz
Thu Jun 16, 2011	42A	Tic-tac-toe loser (3)	David Steinberg	Shortz
Sun Oct 25, 2009	70D	Losing tic-tac-toe combo	Brendan Emmett Quigley	Shortz
Sun Aug 30, 2009	105A	Tic-tac-toe loser (3)	Ashish Vengsarkar and Narayan Venkatasubramanyan	Shortz
Wed May 16, 2007	33D	Kiss and hugs, in a love letter	Patrick Blindauer	Shortz
Thu Dec 14, 2006	21A	Tic-tac-toe loser (3)	Ed Early	Shortz
Tue Jul 9, 2002	34A	Losing tic-tac-toe row	Robert Malinow	Shortz
Sun Jun 6, 1999	99D	Part of a football play diagram	David J. Kahn	Shortz

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