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4 results for ARTIES from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Dec 6, 2010	26A	Bandleader Shaw and others	Richard Chisholm	Shortz
Mon May 26, 1997	3D	Clarinetist Shaw and others	Eileen Lexau	Shortz
Sun Nov 6, 1994	117D	Shaw and others	A.J. Santora	Shortz
Sun Jan 23, 1994	38D	Bandleader Shaw and namesakes	Charles M. Deber	Shortz

1 result for ARTIES from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Aug 26, 1988	41A	Bandleader Shaw et al.	Robert O. Dillman	Maleska

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