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8 results for SILE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Feb 21, 1976	13D	Herring fry	Hallie & Gerald Parsons	Weng
Sun Aug 4, 1974	100A	English sieve	Ruth N. Schultz	Weng
Sun Mar 10, 1957	73D	Strain or skim: Dial.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Sun Feb 20, 1955	134D	Drip: Dial.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Thu May 15, 1952	53D	Strainer: Dial.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Feb 1, 1952	51D	Young herring: Scot.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Aug 21, 1949	49D	Young herring: Scot.	Leonard Goldberg	Farrar
Sun Jun 26, 1949	3D	Strainer sieve: Dial.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar

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