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1 result for REXSTOUT from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author
Sun Sep 27, 2009	74A	"Fer-de-Lance" mystery novelist	Patrick Berry

2 results for REXSTOUT from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author
Mar 30, 2003	Cryptic	13D	He wrote mysteries about an unknown porter (3,5)	Peter Gordon
Feb 23, 2003	Acrostic	L	Author of "Fer-de-Lance" (1934) and "A Family Affair" (1975) (2 wds.)	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon

3 results for REXSTOUT from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Nov 19, 1978	25A	"Some Buried Caesar"	Maura B. Jacobson	Maleska
Sun Jan 1, 1961	39A	Nero Wolfe's creator.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar
Fri Oct 29, 1954	38D	Famous name in detective fiction.	S. A. Kay	Farrar

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