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4 results for INEXACT from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author
Sat Oct 23, 2021	39D	Rounded, say	Sam Ezersky
Fri Jun 20, 2008	43D	Ballpark	Mike Nothnagel
Tue Dec 28, 2004	24A	Not precise (2)	Elizabeth C. Gorski
Mon Apr 29, 1996	25D	Not precise (2)	S. L. Robbins

3 results for INEXACT from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author
Jan 20, 2019	Acrostic	O	Not quite on the button	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon
Jul 1, 2018	Cryptic	10D	Fashionable old vaudeville routine? Not precisely so (7)	Richard Silvestri
Jun 1, 2014	Acrostic	R	Ballpark, figure-wise	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon

4 results for INEXACT from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Sep 20, 1979	10D	Like some meteorologists' forecasts	Jeanette K. Brill	Maleska
Thu Aug 26, 1965	5D	Not precise.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Nov 19, 1959	37D	Not accurate.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Aug 9, 1959	90A	A bit off.	Ted Dombras	Farrar

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