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4 results for SCANTIEST from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Sep 12, 1983	33D	Like an ecdysiast's attire	Eugene T. Maleska	Maleska
Fri Oct 22, 1982	3D	Most insufficient	Eugene T. Maleska	Maleska
Fri Jul 30, 1971	40A	Word for some bikinis	Unknown	Weng
Wed Jul 12, 1961	32D	Least abundant.	Unknown	Farrar

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