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2 results for COSTARICAN from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Jul 14, 2002	56D	Peace Nobelist Oscar Arias Sanchez, e.g.	Patrick Berry	Shortz
Sat Feb 19, 2000	15A	Person from Santa Cruz or San José	Rich Norris	Shortz

1 result for COSTARICAN from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue May 30, 1967	3D	Man from San José.	H. L. Risteen	Farrar

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