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1 result for OLDWIVES from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Jun 22, 2008	Acrostic	F	Proverbial purveyors of tales (2 wds.)	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

6 results for OLDWIVES from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Jun 29, 1993	9D	Kind of tale	Margaret W. Huskey	Maleska
Sat Mar 26, 1988	5D	Kind of tale	William Lutwiniak	Maleska
Sun Jan 18, 1981	4D	With 54 Across, bits of lore	William Lutwiniak	Maleska
Mon Jul 6, 1970	10D	___ tale	Unknown	Weng
Thu Oct 12, 1967	3D	___ tale.	Sara V. Tuckerman	Farrar
Sun May 26, 1963	72A	___' tale.	Brice Metcalfe	Farrar

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