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8 results for DROPINTHEBUCKET from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Jan 24, 1986	36A	A mediocrity	Kenneth Witte	Maleska
Mon Nov 20, 1978	3D	Insignificant amount	Herb L. Risteen	Maleska
Tue Jan 31, 1978	20A	Negligible portion	Evelyn Benshoof	Maleska
Wed Nov 8, 1972	16A	First squirt of milk	Unknown	Weng
Fri Aug 27, 1971	17A	Not much	J. A. Felker	Weng
Wed Apr 28, 1971	48A	Dab	Unknown	Weng
Fri Jul 11, 1969	17A	Very little.	Unknown	Weng
Fri Jul 4, 1952	17A	A grain of rice in China, for instance.	Unknown	Farrar

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