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4 results for ECBOLE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Dec 31, 1962	44D	Digression, in rhetoric.	Helen Fasulo	Farrar
Sun Mar 1, 1959	108A	Digression, in rhetoric.	Diana Sessions	Farrar
Sun Apr 15, 1945	61D	Introducing another's words in discourse: Rhet.	Lester Keene	Farrar
Sun Jul 25, 1943	124A	Rhetorical digression.	Howard O. Smith	Farrar

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