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4 results for THESPECKLEDBAND from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Jun 24, 1991	40A	Doyle's "The Adventure of ___"	Don Groat	Maleska
Mon Jul 30, 1990	37A	Another Doyle story	Reginald L. Johnson	Maleska
Tue Oct 6, 1987	36A	Mystery solved by 20 Across	Fred Toole	Maleska
Sat Aug 11, 1984	1D	Holmes adventure	Ernst Theimer	Maleska

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