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2 results for LENIS from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author
Sat May 22, 2004	47D	Weakly pronounced consonant, in phonetics	Mark Diehl
Sun Jan 15, 1995	38A	Opposite of fortis, in phonetics	Ernie Furtado

8 results for LENIS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun May 26, 1985	49A	Smooth breathing	Kathryn Righter	Maleska
Sun Mar 26, 1978	94A	Soft, as a sound	A. J. Santora	Maleska
Sun Jan 19, 1969	125A	Opp. of fortis	Eugene T. Maleska	Weng
Sun Dec 1, 1968	28D	Opposite of "fortis"	W. A. Lewis Jr.	Farrar
Mon Jan 1, 1968	14A	Soft speech sound.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Jan 9, 1959	33D	Weakly articulated speech sounds.	Herbert Ettenson	Farrar
Sun Sep 29, 1957	43D	Speech sound.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar
Sun Mar 17, 1957	20D	Speech sound.	Marcia Gladstone	Farrar

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