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15 results for ROA from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Jul 17, 1993	49A	Author Augusto ___ Bastos	Robert H. Wolfe	Maleska
Fri Jun 1, 1990	15A	Brown kiwi	Michael A. Rampino	Maleska
Wed Apr 4, 1990	35A	Brown kiwi	Jean M. Hunt	Maleska
Sat Jul 29, 1989	54D	Kiwi	Beverly Tivin	Maleska
Sun Jul 5, 1981	105A	Town in Spain	John M. Samson	Maleska
Wed Sep 1, 1976	43A	Spanish town	Hugh P. Holland	Weng
Sun Jun 20, 1976	83D	Spanish village	Bert Kruse	Weng
Sun Jan 25, 1976	55D	Brown kiwi	Virginia Schneider	Weng
Sun Nov 23, 1975	82A	Brown kiwi	Tom Sheehan	Weng
Sun Dec 1, 1974	56D	Spanish town	George Madrid	Weng
Fri Jun 23, 1961	32D	Cuban spokesman at the U. N.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Nov 4, 1945	68A	Brown kiwi.	Elizabeth Patterson	Farrar
Sun May 27, 1945	76A	New Zealand brown kiwi.	Alberta N. Burton	Farrar
Sun Dec 26, 1943	70A	Brown kiwi.	I. Kert	Farrar
Sun Dec 19, 1943	76A	Town on Douro River, Spain.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar

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