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8 results for TROCAR from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Aug 9, 1986	12A	Doctor's implement	Nancy Joline	Maleska
Sun Dec 11, 1983	36A	Surgical instrument	Bert Rosenfield	Maleska
Sat Jun 2, 1979	32D	Pointed surgical tool	Jack Luzzatto	Maleska
Sun Apr 3, 1949	102D	Surgeon's stylet.	D. G. Caywood	Farrar
Sun Sep 14, 1947	9D	Surgical stylet.	P. J. Lamanna	Farrar
Sun Oct 20, 1946	113D	Surgical stylet.	W. W. Webster	Farrar
Sun May 6, 1945	118D	Surgical stylet.	C. W. Cross	Farrar
Sun Sep 10, 1944	55A	Surgical stylet.	Archie S. Kreiling	Farrar

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