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8 results for OOX from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Aug 21, 2019	35A	It's for naught in noughts-and-crosses	Samuel A. Donaldson	Shortz
Sun Nov 29, 2015	6D	Tic-tac-toe failure	Alex Vratsanos	Shortz
Tue Jul 21, 2015	36D	Losing tic-tac-toe row (3)	David Phillips	Shortz
Tue May 19, 2015	64D	Losing tic-tac-toe row (3)	Allan E. Parrish	Shortz
Sun Jan 5, 2014	16D	Noughts-and-crosses loser	Alan DerKazarian	Shortz
Sun Feb 13, 2011	32A	Losing tic-tac-toe row (3)	Ian Livengood	Shortz
Fri Oct 30, 2009	37A	Tic-tac-toe loser	David Levinson Wilk	Shortz
Sun Sep 25, 1994	10D	Near miss in tic-tac-toe	Nancy Nicholson Joline	Shortz

1 result for OOX from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun May 24, 1987	32D	A tic-tac-toe loser	S. E. Wilkinson	Maleska

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