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1 result for AUTOMATIC from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author
Mar 15, 2020	Acrostic	L	Instinctive, spontaneous, knee-jerk	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon

5 results for AUTOMATIC from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Aug 2, 1993	18D	Type of firearm	Sidney L. Robbins	Maleska
Mon Jun 13, 1977	18A	Kind of rifle or pistol	Farrant	Maleska
Fri Nov 10, 1972	49A	Football play called at last second	Unknown	Weng
Tue Feb 4, 1958	6D	Revolver.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Tue Mar 17, 1953	6A	Offspring of Samuel Colt's invention.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar

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