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7 results for LATENS from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Jul 14, 2010	38A	Grows darker	Michael Black	Shortz
Sat Nov 19, 2005	9D	Gets dark (2)	Byron Walden	Shortz
Sat Oct 23, 2004	40D	Approaches midnight, say	James E. Buell	Shortz
Tue Jul 20, 2004	51D	Nears midnight	Nancy Kavanaugh	Shortz
Fri Aug 10, 2001	41A	Gets dark, perhaps	Manny Nosowsky	Shortz
Wed Feb 16, 2000	12D	Gets dark (2)	Gene Newman	Shortz
Sat Sep 14, 1996	39D	Nears a deadline	Christopher Page	Shortz

2 results for LATENS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Feb 15, 1971	25A	Nears midnight	Unknown	Weng
Sun Dec 5, 1965	72D	Delays.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar

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