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5 results for BACKTALK from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Aug 8, 1988	49A	Insolent retort	Elaine George	Maleska
Mon Apr 11, 1983	42A	Sass	Joan Whitman	Maleska
Wed Sep 4, 1957	34D	The retort discourteous.	Sidney Lambert	Farrar
Fri Sep 9, 1955	8D	Subordinate impertinence.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Tue Aug 10, 1954	36D	Saucy answers.	Roberta Morse	Farrar

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