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5 results for STADS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Jun 16, 1992	62A	Boer towns	Morton B. Braun	Maleska
Sun Mar 21, 1971	124A	African villages	Jay Spry	Weng
Sun Dec 1, 1968	104A	Native villages of Africa	W. A. Lewis Jr.	Farrar
Mon Dec 6, 1965	68A	African villages.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed Sep 21, 1955	16D	Towns: Dutch.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar

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