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2 results for MELVILLE from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Sep 13, 2002	28A	Novelist once captured by cannibals	Mel Rosen	Shortz
Thu May 25, 1995	15A	"Billy Budd" writer	Harvey Estes	Shortz

6 results for MELVILLE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Dec 6, 1988	4D	He wrote "Typee"	Don Groat	Maleska
Mon Apr 3, 1972	20A	American author	Unknown	Weng
Wed Nov 10, 1954	58A	Creator of Captain Ahab.	S. A. Kay	Farrar
Sun Sep 14, 1952	64A	Marquand's latest hero.	Sam Lake	Farrar
Sun Jan 27, 1952	42A	His masterpiece came out 100 years ago.	Alice Cook	Farrar
Sun Jan 13, 1952	60D	Marquand's Goodwin.	Elizabeth Patterson	Farrar

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