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8 results for PILEATE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Jan 30, 1988	11D	Capped, as a mushroom	Bernard Meren	Maleska
Sat Dec 4, 1982	18A	Crested	Treusch	Maleska
Sat Sep 20, 1980	4D	Crested, as a woodpecker	Kathryn Righter	Maleska
Sun May 5, 1963	54A	Capped: Bot.	Paula Bauersmith	Farrar
Mon Feb 5, 1962	16A	Capped, as a mushroom.	Madeline Corse	Farrar
Sun Apr 24, 1960	25A	Crested like the kingfisher.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Tue Nov 6, 1956	21A	Capped, as a mushroom.	Madeline Corse	Farrar
Sun Mar 14, 1954	114A	Crested, as a woodpecker.	W. E. Jones	Farrar

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