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1 result for BREAKOUT from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Aug 28, 1994	7D	Escape	Randolph Ross	Shortz

4 results for BREAKOUT from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Aug 7, 1977	68A	Get loose from a calaboose	Frances Hansen	Maleska
Tue Dec 20, 1960	37D	Appear suddenly.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Sep 10, 1959	39D	Escape.	Norton Rhoades	Farrar
Wed Aug 26, 1959	7D	Begin suddenly.	Unknown	Farrar

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