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4 results for STRIVEN from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author
Sun Mar 18, 2018	3D	Gone to great lengths	Daniel Raymon
Fri Oct 1, 2004	43D	Exerted oneself	Bob Peoples
Sun Oct 4, 1998	7D	Tried hard	Frank Longo
Thu Dec 4, 1997	37A	Made an effort	Eileen Lexau

9 results for STRIVEN from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Jul 2, 1991	41A	"I have ___ to be Thine ... ": Melville	Eugene T. Maleska	Maleska
Fri Jun 28, 1985	35D	"I have ___ to be Thine ... ": Melville	Rhonda Kraus	Maleska
Tue Nov 29, 1977	13D	Anagram for inverts	Jordan S. Lasher	Maleska
Sun Oct 16, 1977	13D	Struggled	Louis Baron	Maleska
Tue May 29, 1973	32D	Tried	Unknown	Weng
Thu Oct 19, 1961	19A	Labored hard.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon Sep 2, 1957	43A	Endeavored.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar
Fri Sep 4, 1953	50A	Had made great efforts.	Victor Goldfarb	Farrar
Sat Sep 16, 1950	12D	Tried hard.	Margaret P. Farrar	Farrar

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