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4 results for BENCHWARMER from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Oct 17, 2016	24D	*Athlete who "rides the pine"	Damon Gulczynski	Shortz
Mon Dec 27, 2010	16A	Second-stringer	C. W. Stewart	Shortz
Mon May 10, 2010	17A	Second- or third-string player	Randy Sowell	Shortz
Mon Feb 25, 2002	10D	Substitute	Christina Houlihan	Shortz

2 results for BENCHWARMER from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Dec 6, 1973	41A	Second-stringer	Unknown	Weng
Sun Jun 9, 1963	52A	Substitute player: Slang.	Sidney Lambert	Farrar

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