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1 result for HOWELLS from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Mar 15, 2009	97D	Writer William Dean ___	Patrick Berry	Shortz

3 results for HOWELLS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Nov 16, 1978	38D	Silas Lapham's creator	Herb L. Risteen	Maleska
Tue Aug 28, 1956	35A	Creator of Silas Lapham.	Herbert Lyle	Farrar
Sun Jan 18, 1948	70D	Novelist who began as a printer.	Louis Jenkins	Farrar

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