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4 results for BALLPEEN from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Dec 7, 2012	17A	Metal worker	Peter Wentz	Shortz
Thu May 31, 2001	69A	Rounded end	Robert H. Wolfe	Shortz
Fri Jun 20, 1997	16A	Metalsmith's tool	Manny Nosowsky	Shortz
Thu Apr 13, 1995	37A	Kind of hammer	Glenn E. Sykes	Shortz

1 result for BALLPEEN from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Oct 18, 1959	64A	Hammer.	Hume R. Craft	Farrar

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