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9 results for PHOTS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Jun 5, 1992	23D	Units of illumination	Betty Jorgensen	Maleska
Sun Dec 3, 1972	90D	Light units	Elmer Toro	Weng
Sat Dec 19, 1970	39A	Lensmen: Abbr.	Unknown	Weng
Sat Nov 2, 1968	13D	Units of light.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Mar 5, 1965	24D	Units of illumination.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jan 19, 1964	78A	Units of illumination.	William A. Lewis, Jr.	Farrar
Wed Nov 20, 1963	6A	Units of illumination.	Thomas E. Devlin	Farrar
Mon Dec 19, 1960	9A	Units of illumination, in physics.	Arthur Schulman	Farrar
Sun Jan 6, 1946	64A	Units of illumination.	P. J. Lamanna	Farrar

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