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5 results for CRILE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Nov 24, 1991	62A	Noted U.S. surgeon: 1864-1943	Judith C. Dalton	Maleska
Sat Feb 6, 1988	21D	Scottish dwarf	Kenneth Haxton	Maleska
Sun Jul 4, 1971	98D	Cleveland Clinic founder	Sylvia Baumgarten	Weng
Wed Mar 25, 1970	17A	Famed Cleveland surgeon	Unknown	Weng
Sun Nov 2, 1947	16A	Cleveland's noted doctor.	Louise Rabb	Farrar

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