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5 results for VIOLE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Feb 5, 1975	67A	Stringed instrument: Fr.	Mary Dorman	Weng
Sun Dec 16, 1973	71D	___ d'orchestre (organ stop)	Bert Beaman	Weng
Sun Jun 20, 1971	92D	___ d'orchestre	Frances Hansen	Weng
Sun Mar 11, 1945	14D	Heroine of "Twelfth Night": Ger. sp.	Louis Jenkins	Farrar
Sun Apr 19, 1942	19D	French musical instrument.	Louis Baron	Farrar

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