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6 results for YANKED from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Jan 22, 1981	4D	Took part in a tug of war	Jim Modney	Maleska
Mon Feb 16, 1976	44A	Jerked	Jean J. Davison	Weng
Tue Oct 6, 1970	59A	Pulled quickly	Unknown	Weng
Sun Dec 23, 1956	42A	Jerked.	Herbert Ettenson	Farrar
Sun May 25, 1952	115D	Jerked.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Sun Oct 18, 1942	44D	Pulled strongly.	Willard N. Jordan	Farrar

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