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9 results for STATO from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue May 26, 1987	31D	Resting: Comb. form	Bernice Gordon	Maleska
Sun Mar 7, 1982	82D	Balance: Comb. form	Mary Virginia Orna	Maleska
Sun Jun 25, 1978	65D	Balance: Comb. form	Louis Baron	Maleska
Tue Jun 26, 1962	64A	Fixed: Prefix.	Bernice Gordon	Farrar
Wed Dec 6, 1961	15D	Fixed: Prefix.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Aug 7, 1960	53D	Fixed: Comb. form.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar
Sun Apr 20, 1958	87A	Fixed: Comb. form.	Sidney Lambert	Farrar
Sun May 25, 1952	11D	State: Comb. form.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Sun Nov 1, 1942	27A	Fixed: comb. form.	Helen Smathers	Farrar

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