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9 results for HAMATE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Oct 2, 1992	41D	Hook-shaped	Eugene T. Maleska	Maleska
Sun Aug 12, 1990	65D	Hooked at the tip	Walter Covell	Maleska
Tue Oct 9, 1973	1D	Hook-shaped	Unknown	Weng
Wed Feb 4, 1970	46D	Hook-shaped	Unknown	Weng
Sun Aug 14, 1960	99D	Hooked.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Fri Jul 17, 1959	51A	Bent at the end into a hook.	Leonard Sussman	Farrar
Sun Nov 9, 1952	7D	Hooked.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar
Sun Nov 19, 1950	12D	Hooked.	Elizabeth Patterson	Farrar
Sun May 23, 1948	24A	Hooked.	Hilda E. Allen	Farrar

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