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4 results for WHOPS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Apr 16, 1991	29A	Defeats decisively	Nancy W. Atkinson	Maleska
Thu Sep 26, 1974	39D	Beats soundly	Anthony B. Canning	Weng
Sun Dec 3, 1972	44D	Forcible blows	Elmer Toro	Weng
Sun Mar 23, 1947	6D	Knocks: Dial.	W. W. Webster	Farrar

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