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8 results for PATROON from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Apr 16, 1989	15D	Colonial Dutch landowner	Wilson McBeath	Maleska
Thu Jul 11, 1974	20A	Dutch colonial V.I.P.	Sara V. Tuckerman	Weng
Tue Sep 4, 1973	9D	Colonial estate owner	Unknown	Weng
Wed Oct 14, 1970	46A	New Netherland landholder	Unknown	Weng
Sun Apr 19, 1959	6A	Early Dutch settler.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Sat Apr 18, 1959	10D	Landholder under Peter Minuet.	J. F. Kelly	Farrar
Wed Dec 23, 1953	44D	Head of a manor in early New York or New Jersey.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Sep 6, 1942	101A	Dutch landowner of colonial days.	J. L. Wordsworth	Farrar

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