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9 results for ORTOLANS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Aug 21, 1988	101A	European buntings	T. W. Underhill	Maleska
Sun Mar 13, 1977	80D	Bobolinks	Louis C. Mandes Jr.	Maleska
Sun Jul 4, 1965	37D	Buntings.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar
Mon Mar 16, 1964	20A	Bobolinks.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed Aug 14, 1963	45A	Bobolinks.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Aug 9, 1953	101D	Bobolinks.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Sun Mar 8, 1953	22A	Bobolinks.	Israel Gitter	Farrar
Sun Mar 30, 1947	88A	Buntings.	Louis Jenkins	Farrar
Sun Jan 19, 1947	54A	Buntings valued by gourmets.	W. W. Webster	Farrar

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