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8 results for LAIRED from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun May 4, 1975	28A	Holed up, as an animal	Marjorie Pedersen	Weng
Sun Jan 9, 1972	88D	Hid away, as an animal	Keith Blake	Weng
Sun May 31, 1964	86A	Rested, as a lion.	A. J. Santora	Farrar
Fri Oct 27, 1961	46D	Took refuge in a burrow.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon Aug 25, 1958	22A	Holed up.	Roberta Morse	Farrar
Sun Dec 15, 1957	44D	Holed up.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Sun May 29, 1955	31A	In a den.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar
Sun Aug 13, 1944	19D	Having a den.	Willard N. Jordan	Farrar

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