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6 results for DOESTIME from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author
Sat Mar 24, 2012	28A	Is in the can	Barry C. Silk
Fri Jul 9, 2004	57A	Serves	David Liben-Nowell
Mon Mar 22, 2004	9D	Chills in the cooler	Kyle Mahowald
Mon Apr 22, 2002	4D	Serves a sentence (2)	Peter Gordon
Fri Oct 13, 2000	40D	Is in jail	Joe DiPietro
Tue Apr 5, 1994	58A	Serves a sentence (2)	Harvey Estes

3 results for DOESTIME from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Sep 9, 1981	40A	Serves a sentence	A. J. Santora	Maleska
Tue Apr 6, 1976	56A	Serves a sentence	Evelyn Benshoof	Weng
Sun Oct 29, 1961	59D	Serves a sentence: Slang.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar

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