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8 results for PREFERS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Aug 9, 1990	5D	Chooses	William Baxley	Maleska
Sat Oct 24, 1987	24D	Likes better	Kenneth Haxton	Maleska
Tue May 17, 1983	45D	Favors	Ronald Rabinowitz	Maleska
Fri Jul 9, 1976	44A	Favors	Sophie Fierman	Weng
Tue Aug 18, 1970	5D	Puts forward	Unknown	Weng
Mon Sep 30, 1968	22D	Values more highly.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun May 5, 1968	75A	Likes better.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Thu Sep 20, 1962	49A	Likes better.	Unknown	Farrar

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