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10 results for SUO from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed May 25, 1988	1D	___ jure (in one's own right)	Dorothy Davis	Maleska
Wed Apr 11, 1979	30D	___ jure (in one's own right)	Weil	Maleska
Sat Mar 11, 1972	64D	___ loco (in one's own place)	Unknown	Weng
Mon Oct 16, 1967	51A	___ loco (in its own place): Lat.	Paul R. Barnes	Farrar
Mon Apr 4, 1966	7D	His: It.	Louise Earnest	Farrar
Fri Jul 31, 1964	41D	___ loco (in its proper place).	Unknown	Farrar
Sat Jun 30, 1962	5D	___ loco (in its own place).	Michael Dubin	Farrar
Sat Apr 14, 1962	48D	___ loco (in its proper place): Lat.	Alda Zimpel	Farrar
Sun Feb 26, 1961	107D	___ loco (in its own place): Lat.	Roberta H. Morse	Farrar
Sun Nov 6, 1949	44D	___ loco.	Leonard Goldberg	Farrar

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