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6 results for SHOA from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Dec 31, 1990	32A	Addis Ababa's province	Joy L. Wouk	Maleska
Mon Sep 17, 1973	42A	Addis Ababa's province	Unknown	Weng
Sun Jan 24, 1965	67A	Addis Ababa's province.	A. J. Santora	Farrar
Sun Jun 5, 1960	109D	Province in Ethiopia.	W. E. Jones	Farrar
Tue Sep 15, 1953	35D	Abyssinian native.	S. A. Kay	Farrar
Sun Jun 11, 1950	8D	Addis Ababa's province.	Elizabeth Patterson	Farrar

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