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4 results for HERLS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Mar 3, 1983	32A	Anglers' flies	Dorothy Smitonick	Maleska
Sun Feb 7, 1971	97A	Angler's flies	Dan Girardi	Weng
Sat Nov 23, 1968	23D	Fishing flies.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Nov 18, 1945	77D	Barbs of feather for artificial flies.	W. W. Webster	Farrar

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