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4 results for ELMIRE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Aug 22, 1967	55A	Character in "Tartufe."	Cora Goodman	Farrar
Sun Aug 6, 1950	109D	Orgon's wife in "Tartuffe."	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Sun Oct 9, 1949	7D	Orgon's wife in "Tartuffe."	Elizabeth Jackson	Farrar
Sun Dec 26, 1948	1A	Orgon's wife in "Tartuffe."	Thomas Meekin	Farrar

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