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1 result for STIRPS from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Feb 7, 2004	44A	Lines descending from a common ancestor	David J. Kahn	Shortz

7 results for STIRPS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Mar 7, 1989	21D	Line of descent	Don Groat	Maleska
Sun Mar 25, 1962	96D	Family.	Mary Grow	Farrar
Tue Dec 6, 1960	24D	Stock, race, family.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Jun 10, 1960	39D	Family.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed May 1, 1957	5D	Stock; family.	H. L. Risteen	Farrar
Wed Dec 27, 1950	47A	Stock; family.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Oct 2, 1949	150A	Family.	George W. Root	Farrar

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