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4 results for ALIGNER from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Jan 12, 1985	3D	Circuit tuner	Jack L. Steinhardt	Maleska
Tue Nov 1, 1983	50A	Surveyor's device	A. J. Santora	Maleska
Sun May 3, 1959	19D	Surveyor's instrument.	W. E. Jones	Farrar
Sun Oct 3, 1943	13D	Arranger.	P. J. Lamanna	Farrar

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