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3 results for DOCTOROW from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Dec 17, 2009	24D	"Billy Bathgate" novelist, 1989	Francis Heaney and Patrick Blindauer	Shortz
Sun Oct 11, 1998	10D	"Ragtime" writer	Nancy Salomon, Marjorie Richter and Kelly Clark	Shortz
Sun Apr 21, 1996	53A	"Billy Bathgate" author	M. Gaffney	Shortz

2 results for DOCTOROW from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Jun 9, 1983	5D	Author of "Ragtime"	Brown	Maleska
Fri Sep 18, 1981	39D	Author of "Loon Lake"	Raymond F. Eisner	Maleska

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