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2 results for ROPO from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Apr 13, 2014	54D	El ___ (cheap cigar, slangily)	Dan Schoenholz	Shortz
Fri Jun 17, 2005	33A	El ___ (cheap cigar, in slang)	Manny Nosowsky	Shortz

4 results for ROPO from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Sep 29, 1985	139D	El ___, cheap cigar	Bert Rosenfield	Maleska
Sat May 18, 1974	55D	El ___ (cheap cigar)	H. M. Kennedy	Weng
Tue Oct 19, 1971	50D	El ___ (cheap cigar)	Unknown	Weng
Wed Aug 24, 1955	33D	Preceded by "El," a comedian's cigar.	John M. Holmes Jr.	Farrar

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