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5 results for IPSOFACTO from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author
Sun Jun 17, 2007	117A	Intrinsically	Tony Orbach & Patrick Blindauer
Sat Jul 9, 2005	30D	Automatically	Patrick Berry
Mon Oct 7, 2002	61A	By its very nature (2)	Greg Staples
Sun Oct 1, 1995	67A	Simply because of that	Frank A. Longo
Thu Sep 1, 1994	14A	By its very nature (2)	Manny Nosowsky

1 result for IPSOFACTO from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author
Mar 21, 2004	Acrostic	I	By its very nature (2 wds.)	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon

3 results for IPSOFACTO from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Dec 15, 1960	33D	By the very nature of the case.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed Jul 20, 1960	56A	In the very nature of the case: Lat.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Aug 25, 1946	92D	By the fact itself: Latin.	L. K. Peters	Farrar

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