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5 results for PROLATE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Jun 17, 1990	37A	Elongated, as a spheroid	Jack L. Steinhardt	Maleska
Mon Mar 15, 1982	39D	Stretched out at the poles	Bernice Gordon	Maleska
Wed Apr 20, 1960	13D	Extended at the poles.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Dec 1, 1946	40A	Extended.	S. K. Fliegner	Farrar
Sun Aug 2, 1942	11D	Elongated.	Charles Erlenkotter	Farrar

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