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1 result for VIL from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Oct 20, 2000	33D	Disney's Cruella De ___	Brendan Emmett Quigley	Shortz

9 results for VIL from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Oct 7, 1990	93A	Cousin of a twp.	Dorothy Smitonick	Maleska
Wed Mar 21, 1979	60D	Municipality: Abbr.	Mary Virginia Orna	Maleska
Tue Sep 26, 1967	8D	Hamlet: Abbr.	William Lutwiniak	Farrar
Sun Nov 10, 1963	48D	Town: Abbr.	W. E. Jones	Farrar
Wed Aug 16, 1961	5D	Small town: Abbr.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun May 21, 1961	104D	Small town: Abbr.	Roberta H. Morse	Farrar
Sat May 30, 1959	67D	Community: Abbr.	Arthur Schulman	Farrar
Thu Jan 10, 1957	7D	Type of community: Abbr.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Jan 19, 1951	10D	Small town: Abbr.	Alberta Burton	Farrar

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