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1 result for BOBBIES from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Jul 31, 2018	3D	British officers	David Woolf	Shortz

3 results for BOBBIES from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Aug 17, 1972	38D	Soho cops	Unknown	Weng
Sun Feb 14, 1960	45A	Lestrade's men.	H. L. Risteen	Farrar
Sun Apr 13, 1952	99A	Characters in British mysteries.	Edward Buckler	Farrar

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