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2 results for LATCHKEY from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Feb 24, 2001	1A	Door opener	Rich Norris	Shortz
Fri Nov 21, 1997	5D	Kind of kid	Chuck Deodene	Shortz

1 result for LATCHKEY from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Nov 1, 2015	Acrostic	M	Central plot item in "Dial M for Murder"	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

6 results for LATCHKEY from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Feb 21, 1986	37D	Opener of sorts	Mark Diehl	Maleska
Fri May 27, 1983	33D	Item on a tenant's ring	William Canine	Maleska
Fri Jan 29, 1971	4D	Door-opener	Unknown	Weng
Sun Oct 27, 1963	75A	Unfastener.	A. H. Drummond Jr.	Farrar
Tue Mar 19, 1957	4D	Award of merit for Junior.	Helen Smathers	Farrar
Fri May 8, 1953	40A	Parental gift to a trustworthy teenager.	Unknown	Farrar

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