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4 results for PUIS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Sep 7, 1986	102A	Then, in Rennes	Bert Rosenfield	Maleska
Thu Apr 22, 1965	47A	Then: Fr.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jul 23, 1961	67A	Then: Fr.	Jules Arensberg	Farrar
Sun Dec 5, 1948	87D	Then: Fr.	Elizabeth Patterson	Farrar

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