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4 results for OARLOCK from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Apr 24, 2015	32D	Rowboat feature	Joe Krozel	Shortz
Sat Oct 6, 2007	55A	Scull part	Brendan Emmett Quigley and David Quarfoot	Shortz
Sat Jan 3, 1998	21D	Gunwale attachment	Rich Norris	Shortz
Sat Jul 9, 1994	2D	Gunwale feature	Gerald R. Ferguson	Shortz

4 results for OARLOCK from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun May 9, 1993	84D	Rowboat feature	Irene Smullyan	Maleska
Tue Jun 6, 1967	59A	Rowboat equipment.	Dorothea Bauer	Farrar
Tue Jan 16, 1962	55A	U-shaped device on a boat.	Madeline Corse	Farrar
Tue Jan 16, 1951	25D	A pair of tholepins.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar

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