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5 results for MOSTLY from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Feb 17, 2025	1D	In the main (2)	Kate Hawkins and Erica Hsiung Wojcik	Shortz
Tue Oct 22, 2019	68A	Pretty much (2)	Saul Pink	Shortz
Sun Sep 25, 2016	52A	By and large	Jim Holland and Jeff Chen	Shortz
Mon Jun 15, 2015	7D	Pretty much (2)	Mike Buckley	Shortz
Fri Jan 21, 2000	13D	In the main (2)	John Wolting	Shortz

3 results for MOSTLY from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Jul 2, 1985	49A	In general	Coleburn	Maleska
Tue Dec 26, 1961	49A	In large part.	Arthur Schulman	Farrar
Wed May 6, 1959	46D	In the main.	Roberta Morse	Farrar

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