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10 results for WEALS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Sep 5, 1993	23D	Results of a flogging	Nancy Scandrett Ross	Maleska
Sun Dec 4, 1983	26D	Whip marks	Mary Virginia Orna	Maleska
Sun Feb 28, 1982	40D	Whip marks	Bert Rosenfield	Maleska
Sun Apr 20, 1980	66D	Stripes from strokes	William Lutwiniak	Maleska
Mon Feb 5, 1979	32D	Whip marks	Herb L. Risteen	Maleska
Wed Sep 30, 1964	51D	Ridges on the skin.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Apr 29, 1955	3D	Raised marks on skin.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon Dec 14, 1953	55D	Welts.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jul 10, 1949	29D	Streaks on skin.	Charles Cross	Farrar
Sun Oct 24, 1943	112A	Stripes made by a whip.	Archie Kreiling	Farrar

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