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1 result for NOVELIST from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author
Jul 1, 2012	Acrostic	H	One with long stories to tell	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon

4 results for NOVELIST from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Sep 11, 1985	20A	A role of 37 Across	Eugene T. Maleska	Maleska
Fri Mar 28, 1958	59A	John Cheever, for one.	A. H. Drummond, Jr.	Farrar
Tue Dec 18, 1956	4D	Member of P. E. N.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Aug 17, 1956	4D	Faulkner.	Jules Arensberg	Farrar

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