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8 results for ARACE from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Jan 5, 2014	45D	___ to the finish	Alan DerKazarian	Shortz
Thu Jan 2, 2014	19A	___ to the top	Todd Gross	Shortz
Sun Jul 30, 2006	30A	"It's ___ to the finish" (2)	Victor Fleming and Bonnie L. Gentry	Shortz
Thu Aug 14, 2003	50D	"It's ___ against time" (2)	Greg Staples	Shortz
Fri Dec 7, 2001	22A	"It's ___ against time" (2)	Joe DiPietro	Shortz
Fri Dec 15, 2000	6D	In ___ to the finish	Joe DiPietro	Shortz
Sun Feb 18, 1996	13D	"It's___to the finish" (2)	Norma Steinberg	Shortz
Sun Aug 14, 1994	30D	_____ to the finish	Deborah Kathryn Trombley	Shortz

1 result for ARACE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Nov 26, 1991	36A	"Californians are ___ of people": O. Henry	Wilson McBeath	Maleska

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