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4 results for LANCED from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Apr 16, 2022	46A	Stuck in the Middle Ages?	Hemant Mehta	Shortz
Sat Mar 19, 2011	42A	Used a knight stick on?	Joe DiPietro	Shortz
Sat Nov 29, 1997	26D	Ran through	Rich Norris	Shortz
Sun Aug 14, 1994	70A	Pierced	Deborah Kathryn Trombley	Shortz

4 results for LANCED from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Oct 10, 1989	8D	Speared	Louis Sabin	Maleska
Tue Jun 25, 1985	14D	Did a surgical chore	Mark Diehl	Maleska
Sun May 5, 1957	54A	Pierced.	Sidney Lambert	Farrar
Sun Jul 23, 1950	122D	Speared.	Leonard Goldberg	Farrar

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