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5 results for RATRACES from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Jul 19, 2006	5D	Frenzied routines	Alison Donald	Shortz
Sat Apr 15, 2006	31D	Grinds	Bob Peoples	Shortz
Wed Sep 7, 2005	8D	Routines bad to be on	Andrea C. Michaels	Shortz
Sat Sep 11, 1999	65A	Hectic existences	Rich Norris	Shortz
Sat Apr 18, 1998	31D	Exhausting existences	Frank Longo	Shortz

13 results for RATRACES from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Sep 13, 1993	9D	Wearisome competitions	Robert O. Dillman	Taub
Wed Mar 3, 1993	35A	Miserable cycles	Stanley Glass	Maleska
Fri Oct 26, 1984	4D	Hectic, frustrating routines	Eugene T. Maleska	Maleska
Wed May 18, 1983	27A	Treadmills of a sort	Eugene T. Maleska	Maleska
Mon Dec 7, 1981	37D	Mad scrambles: Slang	Gerald Brooks	Maleska
Thu Dec 7, 1967	6D	Vicious circles, mod style.	Arthur Schulman	Farrar
Tue May 17, 1966	10D	Hectic goings-on.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed Nov 9, 1960	57A	Phenomena of modern life: Slang.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat Jul 11, 1959	38D	Treadmills of life: Slang.	S. A. Kay	Farrar
Fri Feb 21, 1958	45A	Mad scrambles: Slang:	A. H. Drummond, Jr.	Farrar
Sun Jul 12, 1953	63A	Today's mad scrambles.	Herbert Ettenson	Farrar
Sun Jun 10, 1951	53D	Frustrating predicaments.	W. W. Webster	Farrar
Fri Mar 30, 1951	12D	Frustrating situations: Slang.	Unknown	Farrar

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