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7 results for OBTEST from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Oct 19, 1986	77A	Entreat	Nancy Scandrett Ross	Maleska
Thu May 12, 1983	23A	Beseech	Bert Rosenfield	Maleska
Sun Oct 20, 1968	46A	Beseech	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Tue Oct 20, 1964	37D	Beseech.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon Jun 27, 1955	49A	Call to witness.	Ann R. Hunton	Farrar
Sun Sep 19, 1954	45D	Call to witness.	Arthur Schulman	Farrar
Sun May 20, 1945	3D	Call to witness.	Louis Baron	Farrar

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