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4 results for SMUTCH from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Nov 25, 1991	30A	Grime	Sidney L. Robbins	Maleska
Sun May 5, 1968	79D	Blot.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Wed Aug 20, 1958	45D	Blacken, as with soot.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar
Sun Nov 1, 1942	42A	Smudge.	Helen Smathers	Farrar

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