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5 results for HOLDA from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Nov 1, 1974	59A	___ grudge against	Bert Beaman	Weng
Sun Jul 17, 1966	27A	___ candle to.	Diana Sessions	Farrar
Mon Sep 30, 1963	41D	Not ___ candle to.	Arthur Schulman	Farrar
Thu Jul 31, 1958	45D	___ candle to (be compared with).	A. H. Drummond, Jr.	Farrar
Mon Jul 2, 1956	66A	___ candle to.	Helen Fasulo	Farrar

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