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4 results for CRAKE from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Sep 22, 2012	40A	Short-billed marsh bird	Kristian House	Shortz
Sun Sep 5, 2010	29A	Short-billed rail (3)	Will Nediger	Shortz
Sat Jun 12, 2010	48A	Short-billed rail (3)	Joe DiPietro	Shortz
Sun May 18, 2008	31D	Short-billed rail (3)	Brendan Emmett Quigley	Shortz

25 results for CRAKE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat May 5, 1990	60A	Short-billed rail	Daniel Girardi	Maleska
Tue Jan 29, 1985	49D	Short-billed bird	Joel D. Lafargue	Maleska
Thu Sep 20, 1984	48A	Relative of a rail	Shirley Soloway	Maleska
Mon Mar 5, 1984	24A	Short-billed bird	Bette Sue Cohen	Maleska
Mon Oct 25, 1982	45D	Rail	Bob Berman	Maleska
Sun Apr 6, 1980	89A	Short-billed rail	Frances Hansen	Maleska
Thu Feb 20, 1975	60A	Marsh bird	Sara V. Tuckerman	Weng
Tue Feb 18, 1975	25D	Short-billed rail	George Laczko	Weng
Thu Sep 26, 1974	6D	Wading bird	Anthony B. Canning	Weng
Tue May 23, 1972	48D	Rail bird	Unknown	Weng
Sun Apr 11, 1971	13D	Marsh bird	William Lutwiniak	Weng
Sun Jul 26, 1970	64A	Marsh bird	Adelyn Lewis	Weng
Fri Feb 27, 1970	45A	Land rail	Unknown	Weng
Sat Sep 2, 1967	51A	Bird of the rail family.	Arthur S. Heiser	Farrar
Mon Jun 5, 1967	19A	Bird of the rail family.	Ronald C. Hirschfeld	Farrar
Wed Aug 11, 1965	31A	Long-legged bird.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Feb 23, 1964	83D	Short-billed rail.	Sidney Lambert	Farrar
Thu May 23, 1963	6D	Land rail.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon Sep 10, 1962	18A	Short-billed bird.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Nov 14, 1961	30A	Rail bird.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed Aug 8, 1956	47D	Bird with harsh voice.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri May 8, 1953	44D	Short-billed bird.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Sep 12, 1952	58A	Short-billed rail.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Nov 19, 1950	116D	Short-billed rail.	Elizabeth Patterson	Farrar
Sun Apr 25, 1948	117A	Short-billed rail.	Willard N. Jordan	Farrar

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