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6 results for RURU from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Sep 18, 1989	67A	New Zealand owl	Albert J. Klaus	Maleska
Sat Feb 14, 1976	17A	N. Z. bird	Tanaquil Le Clercq	Weng
Tue May 3, 1966	35D	New Zealand owl.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Oct 3, 1954	135D	New Zealand bird.	John Willig	Farrar
Sat May 8, 1954	53D	A bird, the morepork.	Cora Goodman	Farrar
Wed Oct 21, 1953	54D	Nightjar or boobook.	Helen Chapman	Farrar

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