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3 results for INKSPOTS from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Mar 14, 2013	33D	1940s quartet with the #1 hit "Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall," with "the"	Mike Buckley	Shortz
Sat Dec 4, 2010	35A	Some shirt pocket problems	Doug Peterson	Shortz
Thu Jan 11, 2007	37D	Group whose 1946 song "The Gypsy" was #1 for 13 weeks	Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon	Shortz

1 result for INKSPOTS from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Feb 6, 2005	Acrostic	U	Pioneering doo-wop group that sang "The Gypsy," with "the" (2 wds)	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

1 result for INKSPOTS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Dec 20, 1964	86A	Popular singing group.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar

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