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4 results for SPRUCED from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Feb 1, 1985	40A	Tidied (up)	Judith Perry	Maleska
Fri Oct 5, 1984	1D	Decked out, with "up"	Reichert	Maleska
Sat Jan 12, 1974	1A	Made trim	Joseph LaFauci	Weng
Sun Sep 2, 1962	27A	___ up (dressed smartly).	Arthur Schulman	Farrar

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