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7 results for BEF from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Jun 28, 1976	9D	A.E.F.'s English counterpart	Sidney L. Robbins	Weng
Sun Dec 22, 1974	82A	Force of 44 Down	Anne Fox	Weng
Sun Jul 2, 1972	126D	U. K. troops: Abbr.	Anne Fox	Weng
Wed Feb 28, 1968	67A	Tommies of 1917.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon Jul 17, 1961	45D	British military group: Abbr.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat Dec 10, 1960	59D	British army: Abbr.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Aug 2, 1953	114D	British troops at Dunkirk.	Sidney Lambert	Farrar

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