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16 results for LLOSA from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Jan 24, 2025	7D	Literature Nobelist Mario Vargas ___ (3)	Ernest Lim	Shortz
Sun May 28, 2023	50D	Author Mario Vargas ___ (5)	Chandi Deitmer and Taylor Johnson	Shortz
Fri Jun 24, 2022	59A	Author Mario Vargas ___ (5)	Sophia Maymudes and Margaret Seikel	Shortz
Mon Feb 7, 2022	54D	Novelist Mario Vargas ___ (4)	Rebecca Goldstein	Shortz
Wed Jun 2, 2021	36D	Literature Nobelist Mario Vargas ___ (3)	Jesse Goldberg	Shortz
Sat Oct 3, 2020	49D	Literature Nobelist Mario Vargas ___ (3)	Brad Wilber and Doug Peterson	Shortz
Wed Jul 8, 2020	40A	Author Mario Vargas ___ (5)	Chase Dittrich	Shortz
Sat Nov 17, 2018	40D	Novelist Mario Vargas ___ (4)	Doug Peterson and Erik Agard	Shortz
Fri May 25, 2018	46D	Author Mario Vargas ___ (5)	Jeff Chen	Shortz
Wed Dec 16, 2015	48D	Novelist Mario Vargas ___ (4)	Paula Gamache	Shortz
Mon Mar 2, 2015	54D	Peruvian author Mario Vargas ___	Andrea Carla Michaels	Shortz
Sun Sep 23, 2012	105D	2010 Nobelist Mario Vargas ___	Matt Ginsberg	Shortz
Sat Aug 4, 2012	22A	Luis who directed "Anaconda," 1997	Jim Page	Shortz
Sat Aug 7, 2010	39D	Novelist Mario Vargas ___ (4)	Joe Krozel	Shortz
Mon Aug 2, 2004	55D	The second part missing in the author's name ___ Vargas ___	Holden Baker	Shortz
Thu May 6, 1999	5D	Author Mario Vargas ___ (5)	Matt Gaffney	Shortz

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