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3 results for WAITABIT from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Mar 8, 2024	13A	"Just give it time"	Jackson Matz	Shortz
Sat Dec 26, 2015	12D	Hold your horses	James Mulhern	Shortz
Thu Nov 20, 2003	2D	"Be patient"	Manny Nosowsky	Shortz

2 results for WAITABIT from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Jun 9, 1987	40D	Horse in a triple dead heat: June 10, 1944	Mary C. Whitten	Maleska
Sun Mar 26, 1961	107A	Thorny plant.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar

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