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6 results for ALIDAD from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Dec 21, 1979	33D	Upper part of a surveyor's transit	Louise Earnest	Maleska
Sun Oct 23, 1966	82A	Surveyor's theodolite.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Tue Apr 19, 1966	54A	Surveyor's tool.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu May 28, 1959	44A	Surveying instrument for mapping: Var.	Geraldine King	Farrar
Fri Mar 13, 1959	35A	Part of a sextant.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Sat Jun 27, 1953	55A	Surveyor's rule with sights: Var.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar

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