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3 results for ATIONS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Oct 31, 1986	47D	Suffixes with alter and color	Joy L. Wouk	Maleska
Sat Jul 5, 1958	58A	Noun suffixes.	A. H. Drummond Jr.	Farrar
Sun Mar 2, 1958	107D	Noun suffixes.	A. J. Santora	Farrar

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