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13 results for ABBS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Jul 28, 1978	51D	Warp yarns	Joy L. Wouk	Maleska
Sat Jan 29, 1977	22A	Warp yarns	Betty Duffy	Weng
Mon Aug 18, 1975	4A	Coarse wools	Alice H. Kaufman	Weng
Tue Sep 19, 1972	1A	Coarse wools	Unknown	Weng
Mon Dec 6, 1965	10A	Warp yarns.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed Jul 28, 1965	32A	Warp yarns.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Apr 4, 1965	131A	Warp yarns.	Will C. Weng	Farrar
Wed Dec 9, 1964	10A	Warp yarns.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Sep 3, 1963	10A	Warp yarns.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Nov 13, 1962	5A	Warp yarns.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat Oct 29, 1960	34D	Yarns for the warp.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Feb 4, 1954	52D	Warp yarns.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Sep 11, 1949	95D	Yarns for warps.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar

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