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14 results for MINIE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Mar 21, 1992	24D	___ ball (19th-century bullet)	Timothy S. Lewis	Maleska
Tue Jun 7, 1977	49D	___ ball (19th-century missile)	Louis Sabin	Maleska
Tue Sep 21, 1976	31D	Conical bullet	Marie West	Weng
Fri Apr 30, 1976	7D	___ ball (rifle bullet)	Evelyn B. Rosenthal	Weng
Fri Feb 4, 1972	62A	Type of rifle bullet	Unknown	Weng
Sat Aug 7, 1971	40A	___ ball (19th century bullet)	Arthur Schulman	Weng
Sat Aug 23, 1969	11D	Early type of bullet.	Unknown	Weng
Wed May 3, 1967	28D	Civil War rifle ball.	Helen Fasulo	Farrar
Sun Oct 28, 1962	97A	Civil War bullet.	W. E. Jones	Farrar
Wed Oct 24, 1962	11D	Civil War bullet.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun May 21, 1961	91D	Inventor of rifle bullet.	Roberta H. Morse	Farrar
Tue Jan 3, 1961	54A	___ ball, 19th cen. rifle bullet.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Sep 23, 1956	97D	Civil War bullet.	Roberta Morse	Farrar
Sun Jan 28, 1945	78A	Rifle bullet of Civil War.	Harriot Cooke	Farrar

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