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1 result for BACKBURNER from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Apr 6, 2014	84A	Sleeping sunbather, at times?	Patrick Berry	Shortz

2 results for BACKBURNER from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Oct 5, 1989	16A	Range's spot for an item off the shelf	Jim Page	Maleska
Sun Aug 4, 1974	36D	Place for deferred plans	Ruth N. Schultz	Weng

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