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2 results for OSSIA from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Sep 7, 2011	33A	Direction to an alternative musical passage	Jim Hilger	Shortz
Wed Mar 8, 1995	48A	Or, in a musical score	Wayne Robert Williams	Shortz

6 results for OSSIA from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Jun 9, 1979	17A	Or else, in music	Vincent L. Osborne	Maleska
Sun Nov 25, 1973	50A	Alternative, in music	Alfio Micci	Weng
Fri Aug 13, 1971	55A	Or else, musically	Unknown	Weng
Wed Jun 11, 1969	45D	Or else, in music.	Unknown	Weng
Sat Aug 3, 1957	53D	Or else: Mus. direction.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar
Sun Apr 14, 1946	102D	Otherwise: Mus.	Charles Cross	Farrar

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