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6 results for CURTAIN from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Sep 6, 1964	130A	Stage direction.	Will Weng	Farrar
Thu Jun 25, 1964	22D	Stage direction.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Jun 10, 1960	32A	Backdrop.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Jan 19, 1956	23D	Last word of a play script.	Madeline Corse	Farrar
Mon Jul 20, 1953	13A	Play's finale.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Sun Jul 31, 1949	77A	"Behind the ___," by John Gunther.	Max Geist	Farrar

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