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1 result for HARPOON from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author
Sun Jan 19, 2014	21A	Weapon for 27-Across	Dan Schoenholz

1 result for HARPOON from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author
Sep 4, 2016	Acrostic	U	Item whose point was known to Melville	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon

6 results for HARPOON from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Jan 11, 1983	23D	Weapon on the Pequod	Martin Fass	Maleska
Sat Jan 20, 1979	5D	Weapon for Ahab	Tap Osborn	Maleska
Thu Aug 14, 1975	15D	Pequod gear	DeWitt Anderson	Weng
Thu Nov 27, 1969	4D	Weapon for Ahab.	Unknown	Weng
Mon Dec 16, 1968	20A	Spear.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Mar 21, 1954	85A	Barbed javelin.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar

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