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5 results for PRETENCE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Jan 28, 1969	65A	False show, British style.	Unknown	Weng
Tue Mar 14, 1961	13A	Mere ostentation: Var.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun May 11, 1952	63A	Artifice: Var.	Hilda E. Allen	Farrar
Sun Oct 16, 1949	154A	Sham.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar
Sun Aug 5, 1945	12D	Sham.	Lester Keene	Farrar

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