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4 results for ELUSION from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Aug 3, 1986	45A	Clever escape	Jeanette K. Brill	Maleska
Sun Jun 5, 1955	57D	Adroit escape.	Ralph Anderson	Farrar
Sun Aug 27, 1950	140A	Adroit escape.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar
Sun Apr 25, 1943	7D	Adroit escape.	Hugh P. Evans	Farrar

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