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1 result for CARBONS from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Feb 26, 2014	41A	Typists' copies, once	Ruth B. Margolin	Shortz

4 results for CARBONS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Feb 5, 1983	10D	Paper copies, familiarly	Joe Clonick	Maleska
Sun Jul 15, 1973	66A	Office copies	George Rose Smith	Weng
Sun Nov 29, 1970	68D	Copies	Gladys V. Miller	Weng
Thu Jul 20, 1961	21D	Duplicates.	Unknown	Farrar

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