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6 results for STARETS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Oct 19, 1991	20A	Eastern Orthodox spiritual adviser	Kevin Boyle	Maleska
Sun Oct 8, 1989	94D	Monks' adviser	Jim Page	Maleska
Sun Apr 12, 1987	60D	Spiritual adviser	Jacques Liwer	Maleska
Sat Oct 8, 1983	19A	Spiritual adviser	I. Judah Koolyk	Maleska
Sun Feb 2, 1964	38A	Teacher or monk in the East.	Hume Craft	Farrar
Sun Feb 7, 1943	116D	Russian teacher.	Willard N. Jordan	Farrar

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