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2 results for ARMSRACE from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Mar 1, 2013	38D	Cold war concern	Doug Peterson and Brad Wilber	Shortz
Fri Aug 23, 2002	20A	Cold war worry	Brendan Emmett Quigley	Shortz

2 results for ARMSRACE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Oct 23, 1970	40D	National concern	Unknown	Weng
Sat Feb 23, 1952	5D	Cause of raw material shortage.	Anne Simons	Farrar

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