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0 results for XAXES from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Sep 10, 2024	27D	Basic plot lines?	Daniel Bodily	Fagliano
Sun Nov 1, 2020	21A	Bottom lines?	Julian Lim	Shortz
Tue Nov 3, 2015	65A	Horizontal lines on graphs	Brendan Emmett Quigley and Joel Fagliano	Shortz
Sat Nov 16, 2013	64A	Baselines? (2)	David Steinberg	Shortz
Wed Oct 31, 2007	17A	Some horizontal lines	Ken Stern	Shortz
Sun May 30, 2004	35A	Base lines (2)	Brendan Emmett Quigley	Shortz
Sun Nov 20, 1994	25D	Graph lines	Matt Gaffney	Shortz
Mon Aug 1, 1994	19A	Bottoms of graphs	Thomas W. Schier	Shortz

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