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2 results for CHOKES from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Apr 16, 2017	27A	Is overcome with emotion, with "up"	Timothy Polin	Shortz
Sun Aug 16, 1998	32A	Forgets one's lines, e.g.	Brendan Emmett Quigley	Shortz

2 results for CHOKES from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Mar 4, 1987	54A	Suppresses	McKeon	Maleska
Tue Jun 12, 1962	45A	Stifles.	Herbert Ettenson	Farrar

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