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10 results for MELA from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Jan 7, 1981	56D	Indian fair	Joy L. Wouk	Maleska
Sat Sep 22, 1973	51A	Fair, in India	Unknown	Weng
Sat Oct 23, 1971	58D	Indian fair	Unknown	Weng
Tue Mar 2, 1971	27D	Indian festival	Unknown	Weng
Wed Aug 12, 1970	30D	Indian festival	Unknown	Weng
Thu Jan 19, 1967	16D	Black: Prefix.	William Lutwiniak	Farrar
Sat Mar 12, 1966	47A	Black: Prefix.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon Jul 8, 1963	19A	Apple: It.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Dec 1, 1957	82D	Black: Comb. form.	Sidney Lambert	Farrar
Sun Jun 7, 1942	41A	Black: comb. form.	John L. Mapes	Farrar

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