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2 results for HILAIRE from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Nov 9, 2003	82D	Satirist Belloc	Patrick Berry	Shortz
Fri Nov 15, 2002	2D	Writer Belloc	Brendan Emmett Quigley	Shortz

3 results for HILAIRE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Feb 18, 1963	56A	Belloc.	Joseph LaFauci	Farrar
Wed Apr 15, 1959	42D	The late Mr. Belloc.	Arthur Schulman	Farrar
Fri Aug 23, 1957	64A	Author Belloc.	J. F. Kelly	Farrar

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