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9 results for OBELUS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Feb 28, 1987	33D	Printer's dagger	William Lutwiniak	Maleska
Fri Aug 3, 1984	33D	+ or -	William Lutwiniak	Maleska
Sat Jun 7, 1980	2D	Dagger, in printing	A. J. Santora	Maleska
Sun Jun 18, 1972	53A	Manuscript symbol	Herbert Ettenson	Weng
Thu Oct 8, 1964	43D	Reference mark, as a dagger.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri May 10, 1963	45A	Dagger, in printing.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat Jun 30, 1962	35A	Reference mark, as a dagger.	Michael Dubin	Farrar
Sun Apr 24, 1949	2D	___ or ÷.	Hilda E. Allen	Farrar
Sun Jul 21, 1946	47A	Critical mark.	Louis Shields	Farrar

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