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3 results for ELSTER from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Feb 27, 1949	86D	River in Germany.	S. K. Fliegner	Farrar
Sun May 13, 1945	22A	Tributary of the Saale, C. Germany.	L. K. Webster	Farrar
Sun Nov 26, 1944	81A	Nazi general who surrendered 20,000 men.	Lester Keene	Farrar

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