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1 result for INVERNESS from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
May 20, 2001	Acrostic	P	Town known as the Capital of the Highlands	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

6 results for INVERNESS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun May 17, 1987	103A	Kind of overcoat or cape	Mary Virginia Orna	Maleska
Tue Sep 2, 1975	50A	Sleeveless cape	Louis Sabin	Weng
Fri Jun 27, 1952	59A	Sherlock Holmes' famed cape.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Aug 28, 1951	48A	Overcoat with a removable cape.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Apr 13, 1947	131A	Capital of the Northern Highlands.	Isaac Kert	Farrar
Sun Nov 22, 1942	44D	"Capital of the Highlands."	Isaac Kert	Farrar

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