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4 results for OTTAVA from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author
Tue May 17, 2022	30D	___ rima (eight-line stanza)	Richard D. Allen
Sat Sep 12, 2020	43A	Score marking to play higher or lower than written	Ryan McCarty
Fri Jun 5, 2015	48D	Up or down 12 semitones, in musical notation	James Mulhern
Sat Apr 2, 2005	3D	In music, a full interval higher or lower than written	Byron Walden

3 results for OTTAVA from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Oct 14, 1990	16A	Musical direction	Nancy Scandrett Ross	Maleska
Fri May 25, 1984	56A	Musical direction	Bernice Gordon	Maleska
Sun Jan 28, 1968	7D	Eighth: It.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar

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