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4 results for LOSEOUT from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author
Sat Sep 26, 2015	36D	Miss the boat (2)	David Woolf
Fri Mar 18, 2005	39D	Get the short end of the stick	Ed Early
Thu May 20, 2004	46D	Miss the boat (2)	Greg Staples
Fri Apr 5, 2002	57A	Fail	Peter Gordon

5 results for LOSEOUT from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Oct 3, 1972	25A	Flunk	Unknown	Weng
Thu Apr 15, 1971	7D	Suffer defeat	Unknown	Weng
Sun Apr 12, 1964	66D	Fail.	Mary Grow	Farrar
Mon Nov 12, 1956	44D	Be defeated.	Helen Fasulo	Farrar
Sun Oct 30, 1955	61A	Be defeated: Colloq.	Herbert Ettenson	Farrar

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