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1 result for PERSISTS from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Dec 16, 2020	3D	Fights through adversity	Ed Salners and Alex Eaton-Salners	Shortz

7 results for PERSISTS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Sep 16, 1992	41D	Doesn't give up	Joel D. Lafargue	Maleska
Tue Oct 2, 1979	52A	Continues against all odds	Kathryn Righter	Maleska
Wed Nov 8, 1972	39A	Hangs on	Unknown	Weng
Sat Sep 20, 1969	41A	Becomes stubborn.	Unknown	Weng
Wed Jun 29, 1966	46A	Continues.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Dec 12, 1965	93D	Hangs on.	Sidney Lambert	Farrar
Thu Feb 25, 1954	7A	Continues firmly.	Dorothy Smith	Farrar

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