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10 results for ELATIVE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Feb 3, 1966	12D	Absolute superlative, in grammar.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jan 2, 1966	45D	The absolute superlative.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Thu Feb 6, 1958	35D	Absolute superlative, in grammar.	Joseph LaFauci	Farrar
Sat Jan 22, 1955	63A	Absolute superlative.	Sidney Lambert	Farrar
Sun Nov 11, 1951	23A	Super-superlative.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar
Sun Aug 5, 1951	65D	Absolute superlative.	Samuel K. Fliegner	Farrar
Sun Dec 31, 1950	131A	Raised to the highest degree.	Leonard Goldberg	Farrar
Sun May 14, 1950	104D	The absolute superlative.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Sun May 8, 1949	26A	The absolute superlative.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Sun May 7, 1944	19D	Absolute superlative.	Louis Shields	Farrar

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