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5 results for SLADES from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Oct 30, 1971	18D	Plow soles	Unknown	Weng
Sun Dec 14, 1969	26A	Plow soles	Hume R. Craft	Weng
Tue Nov 11, 1969	45D	Valleys, in England.	Unknown	Weng
Fri Jul 27, 1951	46D	Soles of plows.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Feb 18, 1945	63D	Soles of plows.	Art Sylvester	Farrar

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