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5 results for SPARRED from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Dec 6, 2020	85D	Boxed a bit	Tony Orbach	Shortz
Wed Nov 2, 2016	13D	Traded verbal barbs	Andrew Kingsley	Shortz
Sun Nov 17, 2013	57A	Quarreled	Julian Lim	Shortz
Fri Sep 8, 2006	1D	Fought	Lisa Bunker	Shortz
Wed Jul 28, 1999	19D	Engaged in repartee	Manny Nosowsky	Shortz

11 results for SPARRED from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Aug 10, 1988	6D	Boxed	Nancy Joline	Maleska
Sun Jan 3, 1988	45A	Had a wordy wrangle	Elaine D. Schorr	Maleska
Sun Jul 3, 1983	19A	Shadowboxed	Jim Page	Maleska
Sun Feb 6, 1983	62A	Boxed while training	Richard Silvestri	Maleska
Fri May 23, 1980	40D	Bandied words	Dorothea E. Shipp	Maleska
Thu Nov 19, 1964	29A	Boxed.	Louise Earnest	Farrar
Sun May 28, 1961	56A	Shadowboxed.	Herbert Ettenson	Farrar
Fri Mar 28, 1958	35A	Boxed.	A. H. Drummond, Jr.	Farrar
Wed Feb 12, 1958	7D	Boxed.	Evelyn E. Smith	Farrar
Sat Nov 10, 1956	1D	Boxed.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon Dec 5, 1955	23D	Boxed.	Unknown	Farrar

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