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1 result for SURPRISEPARTY from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Sep 20, 2020	18A	Reason for people to hide	Sam Trabucco	Shortz

1 result for SURPRISEPARTY from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Apr 28, 1963	15D	Social event of a kind.	William A. Lewis Jr.	Farrar

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