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8 results for MERLES from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Sep 29, 1993	52D	Haggard and Oberon	Dorothy Elliott	Taub
Fri Jan 8, 1988	51D	European blackbirds	Kay Sullivan	Maleska
Wed Sep 25, 1985	45D	Oberon and Haggard	Mary C. Whitten	Maleska
Wed Apr 20, 1983	42D	European blackbirds	Anstey	Maleska
Thu Mar 26, 1981	53A	Miller and Oberon	Judson G. Trent	Maleska
Sun Apr 26, 1970	47A	Blackbirds	Alfio Micci	Weng
Sun Apr 19, 1964	13D	Blackbirds: Poet.	A. J. Santora	Farrar
Sun May 29, 1955	63A	European blackbirds.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar

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