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1 result for ALOOSE from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Jun 19, 1994	96D	Words before cannon or wire	Nancy Scandrett Ross	Shortz

4 results for ALOOSE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Sep 4, 1986	56A	"He fumbles up into ___ adieu": Shak.	Tom W. Underhill	Maleska
Thu Oct 9, 1980	44D	"He fumbles up into ___ adieu": Shak.	Robert Katz	Maleska
Sun Aug 1, 1971	39D	Slack, old style	Mary M. Murdoch	Weng
Tue Feb 20, 1951	10D	Unconfined: Dial.	S. A. Kay	Farrar

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