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5 results for PHILE from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Oct 10, 2015	51D	Suffix with 4-Down	Roland Huget	Shortz
Sat Dec 24, 2011	2D	Follower of Franco?	Ned White	Shortz
Tue Feb 9, 2010	1D	Lover: Suffix (2)	Robert Cirillo	Shortz
Sun Apr 24, 2005	62D	Lover: Suffix (2)	Brendan Emmett Quigley	Shortz
Wed Mar 6, 2002	57D	Audio attachment?	Richard Silvestri	Shortz

4 results for PHILE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Feb 7, 1980	15A	Lover: Comb. form	C. J. Angio	Maleska
Sun Nov 20, 1966	46A	Lover: Suffix.	William A. Lewis Jr.	Farrar
Wed May 8, 1963	45A	Loving: Suffix.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri May 31, 1957	24D	Loving: Comb. form.	Unknown	Farrar

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