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1 result for STEARATE from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Jan 25, 2001	12D	Zinc ___ (ointment ingredient)	Robert H. Wolfe	Shortz

7 results for STEARATE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Apr 10, 1989	10D	Type of salt or ester	Wilson McBeath	Maleska
Sun May 6, 1984	76D	An ester used in ointments	Beverly Tivin	Maleska
Sun Jun 4, 1972	103D	Chemical salt	Arnold Moss	Weng
Sun Jul 31, 1966	31A	Acid salt.	W. E. Jones	Farrar
Sun Oct 7, 1962	8D	Salt from a white acid.	Ted Dombras	Farrar
Sun Nov 22, 1953	136A	Fat found in tallow.	W. E. Jones	Farrar
Sun Oct 15, 1944	100D	Ester from tallow.	Bert Storey	Farrar

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