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5 results for ACHIEST from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author
Sun Feb 26, 2012	9D	Most 17-Down	Daniel A. Finan
Sun Oct 8, 2006	93A	Maximally sore	Fred Piscop
Mon Sep 27, 2004	46A	Most sore (2)	Gregory Paul
Sun Dec 10, 2000	40D	Hurting the most	Rich Norris
Sun Dec 20, 1998	37D	Most sore (2)	Frances Hansen

2 results for ACHIEST from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Apr 8, 1973	108D	Most painful	Ronald Hirschfeld	Weng
Sun Nov 27, 1966	105A	Most painful.	A. J. Santora	Farrar

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