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4 results for SHAWMS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Aug 20, 1967	6A	Old oboes.	Sidney Lambert	Farrar
Wed Feb 5, 1964	20D	Early oboes.	H. L. Risteen	Farrar
Sun Dec 14, 1952	60D	Ancestors of the oboe.	Israel Gitter	Farrar
Sun May 2, 1948	79D	Old wind instruments.	P. J. Lamanna	Farrar

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