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12 results for BUYS from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author
Sun Jul 23, 2023	34D	Believes, so to speak	Chandi Deitmer
Sat Nov 9, 2019	54D	Believes hook, line and sinker	Neil Padrick Wilson
Wed Oct 16, 2019	38D	Accepts, as an argument	Peter A. Collins
Fri Aug 10, 2018	61A	Believes	Damon Gulczynski
Sat May 19, 2018	46D	Accepts (2)	John Guzzetta
Sun May 28, 2017	1D	Totally believes	Andrew Zhou
Sun Mar 19, 2017	49D	Falls for (2)	Grant Thackray
Sat May 21, 2016	44A	Accepts as true	Jason Flinn
Thu Nov 5, 2015	45A	Accepts (2)	Samuel A. Donaldson
Wed Jul 20, 2005	23A	Acquires	Roy Leban
Sun Jun 22, 1997	55D	Pays the price for	Matt Gaffney
Fri Jun 16, 1995	63A	Falls for (2)	Thomas W. Schier

10 results for BUYS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Nov 13, 1983	61A	Bribes	Diana Sessions	Maleska
Tue Sep 20, 1983	7D	Purchases	Nancy McCarthy	Maleska
Thu Oct 11, 1973	63A	Bargains	Unknown	Weng
Tue May 4, 1971	34D	Tempting bargains	Unknown	Weng
Mon May 4, 1970	59A	Helps a bull market	Unknown	Weng
Sat Feb 15, 1969	1A	Bargains, familiarly.	Unknown	Weng
Sat Mar 21, 1959	41D	Exchanges for money.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Apr 25, 1952	26D	Obtains at a price.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Oct 18, 1951	6A	Bargains: Colloq.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun May 9, 1943	131D	Bribes.	P. Joseph Lamanna	Farrar

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