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3 results for MACLEAN from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Sep 1, 2017	1D	Alistair ___, "The Guns of Navarone" novelist	Patrick Berry	Shortz
Fri Jan 29, 2016	28A	Norman who wrote "A River Runs Through It"	David Phillips	Shortz
Wed Sep 1, 2004	38A	Alistair who wrote "Ice Station Zebra"	Jim Conklin	Shortz

2 results for MACLEAN from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Apr 17, 1956	38A	Author of "H. M. S. Ulysses."	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Dec 18, 1955	37D	One-time owner of Hope diamond.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar

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