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6 results for HOBSONSCHOICE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Aug 2, 1980	19A	Lack of an alternative	Kathryn Righter	Maleska
Sat Dec 1, 1979	36A	Lack of an alternative	Dorothea E. Shipp	Maleska
Sun Sep 16, 1979	86A	Red Sox infielder's decision?	Mary Virginia Orna	Maleska
Sun Dec 16, 1973	75D	Non-option	Bert Beaman	Weng
Sun Jun 26, 1960	38D	This or nothing.	Jules Arensberg	Farrar
Sun Aug 23, 1959	139A	"Take it or leave it."	Arthur Schulman	Farrar

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