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2 results for RACCOONS from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Mar 11, 2008	5D	Masked scavengers	Eugene W. Sard	Shortz
Mon Sep 22, 1997	45A	Garbage-marauding critters	Gregory E. Paul	Shortz

2 results for RACCOONS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Sep 18, 1955	9D	Animals in great current demand.	Helen Bernard	Farrar
Fri May 2, 1952	60A	Nocturnal tree-climbing animals.	Unknown	Farrar

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