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10 results for OPEROSE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat May 17, 1980	21D	Laborious	A. J. Santora	Maleska
Sun Aug 29, 1971	41A	Laborious	John Willig	Weng
Sun Apr 12, 1959	111A	Laborious.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar
Sat Apr 19, 1958	70A	Diligent.	A. H. Drummond, Jr.	Farrar
Tue Apr 19, 1955	11D	Diligent.	Marian Moeser	Farrar
Fri Nov 14, 1952	26D	Requiring labor.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Nov 16, 1947	39D	Laborious.	Zelma Masters	Farrar
Sun Aug 11, 1946	120D	Laborious.	Louis Baron	Farrar
Sun Jun 17, 1945	26A	Diligent.	P. J. Lamanna	Farrar
Sun Sep 6, 1942	24A	Laborious.	J. L. Wordsworth	Farrar

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