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7 results for OVE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Aug 29, 1986	43A	___ Porath, Swedish film actor	Joel D. Lafargue	Maleska
Sun Mar 15, 1981	36D	Swedish actress Parath	Lynn Gilbert Lempel	Maleska
Sat Feb 23, 1963	36D	Egg-shaped ornament, in French architecture.	A. J. Santora	Farrar
Sun Aug 29, 1954	26A	Egg-shaped ornament: Arch.	W. E. Jones	Farrar
Sun Mar 21, 1954	8D	Egg-shaped ornament: Fr.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Sun Mar 14, 1954	113D	Egg-shaped: Fr.	W. E. Jones	Farrar
Sun Jul 30, 1950	4D	Egg-shaped ornament: Fr.	W. W. Webster	Farrar

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