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2 results for ALCESTE from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author
Sat May 17, 2003	3D	Gluck opera (2)	Bob Peoples
Sun Jun 16, 1996	127A	Gluck opera (2)	N. N. Joline

10 results for ALCESTE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Jan 15, 1971	14A	Gluck opera	Unknown	Weng
Thu Nov 5, 1970	40D	Gluck opera	Unknown	Weng
Sun Jun 12, 1955	111D	Opera by Gluck.	W. E. Jones	Farrar
Sun Mar 2, 1952	25A	Moliere's "Misanthrope."	Louis Baron	Farrar
Mon Oct 22, 1951	2D	Hero of Molière's "Le Misanthrope."	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Aug 9, 1951	22A	Hero of Moliere's "Le Misanthrope."	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Dec 4, 1949	56D	Molière's misanthrope.	Alberta N. Burton	Farrar
Sun Aug 22, 1948	65D	Hero of Moliere's "Le Misanthrope."	Archie Kreiling	Farrar
Sun Dec 17, 1944	110A	Hero of Molière's "Le Misanthrope."	Willard N. Jordan	Farrar
Sun Apr 11, 1943	139A	Hero of Molière's "Le Misanthrope."	Harriot T. Cooke	Farrar

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