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4 results for FADEAWAY from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Mar 31, 2025	47A	Basketball shot made while leaning backward	Ryan Mathiason	Shortz
Fri Dec 28, 2012	38D	Hard-to-block jumper, in hoops	Ashton Anderson	Shortz
Tue Jul 8, 2003	37D	Backward-moving basketball shot	Roy Leban	Shortz
Sun Jun 3, 2001	25A	Evanesce	Bob Peoples and Nancy Salomon	Shortz

1 result for FADEAWAY from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Oct 10, 1999	Acrostic	J	"I now close my military career and just ___" (2 wds.; Douglas MacArthur)	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

1 result for FADEAWAY from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Sep 11, 1952	1A	Famous last words.	Unknown	Farrar

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