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3 results for BARKIS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Oct 5, 1961	8D	Clara Peggotty's wooer.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jun 8, 1947	100D	Clara Peggotty's "willin'" wooer.	Willard N. Jordan	Farrar
Sun Apr 30, 1944	1D	"Willin'" Dickens character.	Alexis P. Boodberg	Farrar

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