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5 results for ISOLATES from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Oct 31, 2009	19A	Cuts off (2)	Robert H. Wolfe	Shortz
Sat Mar 14, 2009	63A	Cuts off (2)	Barry C. Silk	Shortz
Fri Jun 16, 2000	5D	Sets apart	Manny Nosowsky	Shortz
Sun Oct 29, 1995	94A	Sequesters	Maura B. Jacobson	Shortz
Sat Dec 24, 1994	34D	Leaves alone	John Stanley	Shortz

2 results for ISOLATES from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Oct 30, 1957	39D	Puts in a kind of booth.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Jun 22, 1954	62A	Keeps separate.	Cora Goodman	Farrar

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