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4 results for LASTDITCH from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author
Sun Sep 8, 2002	15D	Desperate	Rich Norris
Tue Nov 27, 2001	17A	Done in desperation	Ed Early
Mon Dec 18, 2000	34A	Desperate, as an effort	Nancy Kavanaugh
Sat Jul 31, 1999	31D	Like some efforts	Fred Piscop

2 results for LASTDITCH from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author
Jul 29, 2012	Acrostic	V	Extremely desperate (hyph.)	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon
Jun 29, 2003	Acrostic	O	Done out of desperation (hyph.)	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon

2 results for LASTDITCH from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Sep 30, 1958	38D	Position of desperation.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat Dec 17, 1955	10D	Where bitter-enders fight.	Unknown	Farrar

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