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27 results for BLET from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun May 9, 1993	12D	Fruit rot	Irene Smullyan	Maleska
Fri May 24, 1991	64A	Fruit decay	Daniel Girardi	Maleska
Sat May 19, 1990	45A	Overripe fruit problem	Patterson Pepple	Maleska
Sat Apr 9, 1988	47D	Fruit decay	Eileen Lexau	Maleska
Wed Nov 18, 1987	32D	Fruit decay	Johnson	Maleska
Wed Mar 3, 1982	12D	Disease of overripe fruit	Christy Ridley	Maleska
Tue Nov 4, 1980	40D	Fruit decay	C. J. Angio	Maleska
Sun Sep 12, 1976	69A	Fruit decay	Anthony B. Canning	Weng
Sat Feb 3, 1973	58D	Fruit decay	Unknown	Weng
Thu May 25, 1972	67A	Fruit decay	Unknown	Weng
Thu Jun 4, 1970	48A	Fruit decay	Unknown	Weng
Sat Mar 29, 1969	25D	Fruit decay.	Unknown	Weng
Sun Aug 18, 1968	113A	Fruit decay	A. J. Santora	Farrar
Sat May 6, 1967	33D	Fruit decay.	George Laczko	Farrar
Sun Dec 4, 1966	17D	Fruit blemish.	Anne Fox	Farrar
Wed Nov 3, 1965	9D	Fruit decay.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue May 25, 1965	61A	Decayed spot in fruit.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun May 2, 1965	36A	Fruit decay.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar
Sat Nov 10, 1962	53D	Fruit decay.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jan 25, 1959	98D	Fruit decay.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar
Thu Jan 15, 1959	21A	Fruit blemish.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Fri Dec 27, 1957	21A	Decay in fruit.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat May 4, 1957	12D	Decay in overripe fruit.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu May 31, 1956	13D	Fruit blemish.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Wed Jun 24, 1953	13D	Fruit decay.	Israel Gitter	Farrar
Sun Oct 23, 1949	135A	Decay of fruit.	Willard N. Jordan	Farrar
Sun Oct 1, 1944	79A	Fruit decay.	Agnes Cook	Farrar

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