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6 results for ELDS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Dec 15, 1976	11D	Ancient times, to poets	Jack Wherry	Weng
Mon Nov 4, 1974	37D	Times of yore	Henry V. Straka	Weng
Thu Aug 10, 1972	68A	Antiquities, old style	Unknown	Weng
Mon Feb 14, 1972	5D	Old times, of old	Unknown	Weng
Wed Oct 28, 1964	12D	Old times, old style.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jun 10, 1951	27A	Grows old: Obs.	W. W. Webster	Farrar

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