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9 results for AINTS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Oct 28, 1992	42A	Nonstandard verbs	Walter Covell	Maleska
Sun Apr 8, 1990	109A	Common solecisms	Ernst Theimer	Maleska
Sat Jan 21, 1989	31A	Slangy contractions	Kevin Boyle	Maleska
Sun Jul 5, 1987	91A	Solecistic contractions	Barry L. Cohen	Maleska
Fri Oct 22, 1971	15D	Slangy negatives	Unknown	Weng
Wed Aug 23, 1967	67A	Ungrammatical utterances.	Leonard Sussman	Farrar
Sun Dec 15, 1963	28A	Controversial verb forms.	Jules Arensberg and Herbert Ettenson	Farrar
Thu Aug 22, 1957	19D	Grammatical misdemeanors.	Walt Clark	Farrar
Sun Jul 17, 1955	77D	Words thrown out of school.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar

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