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6 results for COSTAIN from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Aug 24, 1981	5D	Author of "The Silver Chalice"	Grace Fabbroni	Maleska
Wed Mar 28, 1956	51A	Contemporary novelist.	H. L. Risteen	Farrar
Sun Nov 12, 1950	49A	He wrote "The Conquerors."	Charles Cross	Farrar
Sun Apr 16, 1950	7D	Author of "The Conquerors."	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar
Sun Feb 20, 1949	131A	Author of "High Towers."	Harold T. Bers	Farrar
Sun Sep 28, 1947	82D	Author of "The Black Rose."	Archie S. Kreiling	Farrar

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