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10 results for PENE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Mar 19, 1991	57D	Painter Guy ___ du Bois	Joy L. Wouk	Maleska
Mon Dec 31, 1990	44A	Almost: Prefix	Joy L. Wouk	Maleska
Sat Nov 26, 1988	50D	Almost: Prefix	Bernard Meren	Maleska
Mon Dec 13, 1976	27D	Almost: Prefix	Ruth N. Schultz	Weng
Sun Sep 22, 1974	73A	Almost: Prefix	Jordan S. Lasher	Weng
Fri Jan 19, 1973	53D	Almost: Prefix	Unknown	Weng
Sun Feb 7, 1971	21A	Almost: Prefix	Dan Girardi	Weng
Thu Feb 26, 1970	30D	Almost: Prefix	Unknown	Weng
Sun Mar 26, 1961	97A	Stage designer Raoul Henri ___ duBois.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Sun Jan 9, 1949	111A	Head of a hammer: Var.	Charles Cross	Farrar

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