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5 results for SCRATCHED from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun May 28, 1989	57A	Out of the race	Jeanne Wilson	Maleska
Wed Feb 17, 1982	3D	Monosyllabic word meaning "scribbled"	Bette Sue Cohen	Maleska
Sun Feb 12, 1978	13D	Withdrawn at Belmont	Jordan S. Lasher	Maleska
Mon Nov 5, 1962	29A	Not in the running.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon Sep 24, 1962	23D	Withdrawn from a race.	Unknown	Farrar

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