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6 results for SHAVETAIL from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Jun 1, 1982	52A	Second looie	Frank Geary	Maleska
Wed Jun 25, 1969	10D	Slang for an officer.	Unknown	Weng
Sun Jun 12, 1966	27A	Pack mule.	Sidney Lambert	Farrar
Sun Jan 4, 1959	89A	Untrained mule.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Sat Nov 15, 1958	31D	Second lieutenant: Slang.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Sun Oct 4, 1942	121A	New second lieutenant, or untrained Army mule.	Sam Levine	Farrar

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