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6 results for SCUMS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Mar 22, 1971	52D	Drosses	Unknown	Weng
Sun Nov 29, 1970	104A	Removes dross	Gladys V. Miller	Weng
Tue Jun 18, 1968	10D	Filmy layers on some ponds.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Feb 22, 1966	22A	Forms a film, as in fermenting.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon Sep 6, 1965	28D	Features of stagnant waters.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat Feb 23, 1952	34A	Covering of some stagnant pools.	Anne Simons	Farrar

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