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5 results for ABATERS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Sep 25, 1987	25A	Legal pleas	Tom W. Underhill	Maleska
Sun Dec 10, 1978	22D	They reduce or moderate	Jordan S. Lasher	Maleska
Sun May 23, 1976	54A	Slackening agents	Jack Luzzatto	Weng
Sun Jun 7, 1970	16D	Mitigating agents	Anthony Morse	Weng
Wed Sep 12, 1951	57A	Moderators.	Unknown	Farrar

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