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3 results for GAINED from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Jan 13, 2019	110A	Won	Andy Kravis	Shortz
Wed Jul 6, 2016	47D	Got portlier	David Woolf	Shortz
Sat Feb 18, 2012	44D	Picked up	Matt Ginsberg	Shortz

1 result for GAINED from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Oct 31, 2021	Panda	45D	EGAD	Michael Lieberman	Shortz

7 results for GAINED from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Feb 5, 1992	6D	Made headway	Eugene T. Maleska	Maleska
Sat Jul 8, 1989	42D	Procured	Nancy Joline	Maleska
Mon Oct 14, 1985	31D	Won	Evelyn Benshoof	Maleska
Wed Mar 2, 1983	44D	Put on pounds	John Greenman	Maleska
Wed Jan 13, 1965	18D	Reached.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Apr 10, 1958	44D	Acquired.	A. H. Drummond Jr.	Farrar
Sun Dec 21, 1947	22A	Arrived at.	Elizabeth Jackson	Farrar

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