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1 result for GORIOT from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Oct 3, 1999	64D	Balzac's Père ___	Fred Piscop	Shortz

4 results for GORIOT from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Jun 4, 1967	41A	Balzac hero.	A. J. Santora	Farrar
Wed May 20, 1964	51A	Balzac character.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon Jan 11, 1954	46A	Balzac's "Pere."	Charles E. Gersch	Farrar
Sun Jan 23, 1944	76A	Père ___, Balzac's King Lear, 1834.	Jackson Cross	Farrar

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