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6 results for HORTENSE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Jul 1, 1970	4D	"Sweet" girl in old song	Unknown	Weng
Fri Nov 26, 1965	45A	Mother of Louis Napoleon.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Apr 3, 1959	40A	Wife of Louis Bonaparte.	Walt Clark	Farrar
Fri Apr 6, 1956	24A	Napoleon III's mother.	Mary M. Clark	Farrar
Sun Nov 14, 1948	85A	Mother of Napoleon III.	Willard N. Jordan	Farrar
Sun Aug 26, 1945	93A	Stepdaughter of Napoleon.	Elizabeth Patterson	Farrar

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