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3 results for VACS from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Mar 9, 2019	14D	Cleaners, for short	Sam Trabucco	Shortz
Tue Nov 13, 2012	24A	Dust busters, for short (2)	Don Gagliardo and Zhouqin Burnikel	Shortz
Tue Sep 9, 1997	19A	Dust busters, for short (2)	Elizabeth C. Gorski	Shortz

6 results for VACS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Mar 10, 1983	35A	Londoners' hols.	Bernice Gordon	Maleska
Fri Apr 12, 1968	46A	Holidays, in England.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Jun 2, 1967	1D	Holiday, British style.	Arthur Schulman	Farrar
Wed Jun 15, 1966	1D	Holidays, British style.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed Aug 12, 1964	5A	British schoolboy's holidays.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon Nov 18, 1963	23D	Sweepers: Slang.	Unknown	Farrar

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