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13 results for BITTERN from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Jul 21, 1987	39A	Marsh heron	Virginia L. Yates	Maleska
Fri Oct 5, 1984	54A	Swamp bird	Reichert	Maleska
Sat Aug 22, 1981	42D	Bird sometimes called a stake driver	Kathryn Righter	Maleska
Sun Jun 1, 1975	64D	Brown heron	Frances Hansen	Weng
Sat Nov 24, 1973	16A	Marsh heron	Unknown	Weng
Sat Jan 20, 1973	11D	Bog bird	Unknown	Weng
Tue Mar 18, 1969	50A	Small heron.	Unknown	Weng
Sat Sep 12, 1964	39A	Wading bird.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Jun 26, 1956	56A	Wading bird.	Helen Fasulo	Farrar
Sun Sep 17, 1950	45D	Heron.	Alice Cook	Farrar
Sun Feb 6, 1949	18D	Bird that emits a booming noise.	G. A. K. Sutton	Farrar
Sun Jan 9, 1944	70D	Nocturnal swamp bird.	Lester Keene	Farrar
Sun Sep 19, 1943	55D	Small heron.	Louis Jenkins	Farrar

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