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5 results for OSTIOLE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Mar 10, 1985	28A	Small aperture	Bert Rosenfield	Maleska
Wed May 24, 1972	25D	Pore	Unknown	Weng
Tue Dec 11, 1951	4D	Small aperture.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Dec 4, 1949	129A	Small orifice in sponge.	Alberta N. Burton	Farrar
Sun Jun 9, 1946	84A	Tiny sponge orifice.	Louis Jenkins	Farrar

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