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1 result for NIGHTSTICK from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Oct 23, 2011	Acrostic	O	Billy known for a hard kind of bop?	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

4 results for NIGHTSTICK from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Sep 12, 1988	63A	Policeman's weapon	Nancy Scandrett Ross	Maleska
Tue Mar 9, 1971	10D	Billy	Unknown	Weng
Tue Aug 4, 1959	17A	Billy.	Elizabeth Patterson	Farrar
Thu Feb 27, 1958	52A	Billy.	Herbert Ettenson	Farrar

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