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8 results for OERA from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Aug 6, 1989	95A	" ... ___ perfumed sea": Poe	Kenneth Haxton	Maleska
Sun May 22, 1988	81D	" ... ___ perfumed sea": Poe	Bernice Gordon	Maleska
Wed Aug 4, 1982	52D	" ... ___ perfumed sea": Poe	Newell	Maleska
Sun Dec 20, 1981	62A	" ... gently ___ perfumed sea": Poe	Ruth N. Schultz	Maleska
Sun Mar 11, 1979	66A	"___ perfumed sea": Poe	Arnold Moss	Maleska
Sun Feb 25, 1979	13D	" ... ___ perfumed sea": Poe	James and Phyllis Barrick	Maleska
Thu May 18, 1978	57D	"___ the ills o' life victorious": Burns	Vincent L. Osborne	Maleska
Mon Mar 13, 1978	53D	"___ perfumed sea": Poe	Grace Fabbroni	Maleska

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