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6 results for NEARAT from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Jan 29, 1988	46D	___ hand (adjacent)	Bert Rosenfield	Maleska
Thu Sep 11, 1975	22A	___ hand (close by)	Maura B. Jacobson	Weng
Tue Jun 23, 1970	45D	___ hand	Unknown	Weng
Sun Dec 14, 1969	95D	___-hand	Hume R. Craft	Weng
Sat Oct 9, 1965	64A	___ hand.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Oct 5, 1961	56A	___ hand (very close).	Unknown	Farrar

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