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4 results for STRAUS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Aug 11, 1990	12D	Composer of "The Chocolate Soldier"	William Canine	Maleska
Sun Feb 20, 1983	1A	He wrote "The Chocolate Soldier"	Maurice J. Teitelbaum	Maleska
Sat Jul 12, 1980	1D	Comic opera's Oscar	Elaine D. Schorr	Maleska
Thu May 7, 1959	35D	Composer Oskar.	Sidney Lambert	Farrar

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