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10 results for INESSENCE from Modern Era puzzles:

Repeated clues show (number of Modern Era occurrences).

Date	Grid	Clue	Author
Sat Jul 24, 2021	16A	At bottom (2)	Adam Aaronson and Ricky Cruz
Sat Dec 26, 2015	54A	Underneath all the layers	James Mulhern
Fri Nov 13, 2015	58A	At bottom (2)	Patrick Berry
Wed May 6, 2015	20D	Fundamentally (2)	Joe Krozel
Sun Dec 23, 2012	112A	Basically (5)	Joe DiPietro
Tue Jan 13, 2004	35D	Fundamentally (2)	M. Francis Vuolo
Sun Dec 1, 2002	81D	Basically (5)	David J. Kahn
Sat May 29, 1999	33D	Basically (5)	Randolph Ross
Sat Apr 6, 1996	35A	Basically (5)	R. Norris
Fri Feb 23, 1996	30D	Basically (5)	A. J. Santora

2 results for INESSENCE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Jan 3, 1986	34D	Basically	A. J. Santora	Maleska
Sat Nov 30, 1968	19D	Basically.	Unknown	Farrar

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