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6 results for BIRN from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu May 25, 1967	33A	Clarinet socket.	William Lutwiniak	Farrar
Thu Oct 27, 1966	49A	Clarinet socket.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat Aug 28, 1965	44A	Socket of a clarinet.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jun 13, 1965	57A	Part of a clarinet.	Christine Valence	Farrar
Wed Feb 5, 1964	36D	Socket for the mouthpiece of a clarinet.	H. L. Risteen	Farrar
Sun May 2, 1943	126D	Part of clarinet into which mouthpiece is fitted.	I. Kert	Farrar

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