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1 result for DOTTLES from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Mar 26, 2005	54A	Half-smoked pipe plugs	Ed Early	Shortz

1 result for DOTTLES from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Dec 23, 2001	Panda	40D	Old test for leftover tobacco	Mel Taub	Shortz

3 results for DOTTLES from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu May 31, 1984	36A	Pipe residues	Hickmott	Maleska
Wed May 14, 1969	9D	Tobacco plugs, old style.	Unknown	Weng
Sun Nov 3, 1946	62D	Tobacco leavings in pipes.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar

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