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0 results for BIGLEAD from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Dec 22, 2025	11D	Don't blow it! (2)	Suzanne Oliver	Shortz
Fri Mar 21, 2025	29A	Bad thing to blow	Boaz Moser and Jacob Reed	Shortz
Fri May 12, 2023	30D	Don't blow it! (2)	Enrique Henestroza Anguiano	Shortz
Sun Mar 3, 2013	86D	It may get squandered in a game	Samuel A. Donaldson	Shortz
Sun Mar 7, 2010	123A	Giant advantage, scorewise	Tony Orbach and Patrick Blindauer	Shortz
Sun Sep 19, 1999	154A	Good thing to have in a race	Manny Nosowsky	Shortz

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