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1 result for HOISTER from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Jan 9, 2020	42D	Sailor vis-à-vis a sail	Alex Eaton-Salners	Shortz

4 results for HOISTER from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Aug 9, 1959	8D	Lifting device.	Ted Dombras	Farrar
Sun Nov 27, 1955	82A	Raiser.	Marjorie M. Connelly	Farrar
Wed Apr 23, 1952	1D	Apparatus for lifting.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Apr 22, 1945	65D	Lifter.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar

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