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11 results for CILI from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Dec 30, 1977	6D	Eyelash: Comb. form	Bert Beaman	Maleska
Sun Oct 17, 1976	109D	Eyelash: Prefix	Jack Luzzatto	Weng
Sun Dec 29, 1974	77A	Eyelashes: Prefix	Frances Hansen	Weng
Thu Dec 21, 1972	50D	Eyelash: Prefix	Unknown	Weng
Sun Oct 31, 1971	65A	Eyelashes: Prefix	Threba Johnson	Weng
Sun Feb 28, 1971	119A	Eyelash: Prefix	Frances Hansen	Weng
Fri Jul 14, 1967	57D	Hair: Prefix.	Anthony Morse	Farrar
Sun Jun 21, 1964	75D	Eyelash: Prefix.	Diana Sessions	Farrar
Sun Dec 30, 1956	39A	Having eyelashes: Comb. form.	Diana Sessions	Farrar
Sun Feb 16, 1947	41D	Eyelashes: Comb. form.	L. K. Peters	Farrar
Sun Apr 8, 1945	74D	Like eyelashes: Comb. form.	Harriot T. Cooke	Farrar

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