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1 result for STARTIN from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Feb 6, 2012	10D	Get to work (on)	Tom Pepper	Shortz

1 result for STARTIN from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Jan 30, 2005	Panda	17A	Begin work, though it isn't art	Mel Taub	Shortz

5 results for STARTIN from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Jun 29, 1988	32A	Begin work	Kevin Boyle	Maleska
Sat Jul 1, 1972	44D	Begin	Unknown	Weng
Sun Dec 29, 1968	63D	Begin	Joseph LaFauci	Farrar
Tue Feb 3, 1959	20A	Begin.	A. H. Drummond, Jr.	Farrar
Tue Mar 26, 1957	51A	Begin.	Unknown	Farrar

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