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5 results for ATAVIC from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Apr 5, 1991	55A	Like a throwback	Nancy Scandrett Ross	Maleska
Thu Feb 22, 1962	16A	Like a throwback.	Brice Metcalfe	Farrar
Sun May 3, 1959	28A	Of forefathers.	W. E. Jones	Farrar
Wed Apr 1, 1959	6D	Remotely ancestral.	Robert Hegler	Farrar
Sun Aug 7, 1949	1D	Of remote ancestors.	Alice McKinley	Farrar

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