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6 results for CLOSEST from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Jan 5, 2023	23A	Most immediate (2)	Emily Carroll	Shortz
Sat Apr 19, 2014	37D	Immediate, as relatives	Stu Ockman	Shortz
Sun Jul 30, 2006	133A	Most dear	Victor Fleming and Bonnie L. Gentry	Shortz
Sat Apr 10, 2004	12D	Like the winner in a guessing contest	Mark Diehl	Shortz
Thu Aug 1, 1996	22D	Most nigh	B. Lubbers	Shortz
Sat Aug 20, 1994	23A	Most immediate (2)	Manny Nosowsky	Shortz

5 results for CLOSEST from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Oct 10, 1993	30A	Proximal	Charles M. Deber	Taub
Tue May 30, 1978	40D	Like one's best friends	Adelyn Lewis	Maleska
Sat Feb 27, 1960	31A	Most intimate.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Aug 17, 1958	104D	Most exact.	A. J. Santora	Farrar
Sun Mar 28, 1954	52A	Most reserved.	Diana Sessions	Farrar

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