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4 results for ABILA from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Nov 18, 1953	52D	One of the Pillars of Hercules, across from Gibraltar.	Arthur Schulman	Farrar
Sat Feb 17, 1951	2D	One of the Pillars of Hercules.	James Nesi	Farrar
Sun Apr 10, 1949	71A	One of the Pillars of Hercules.	Archie S. Kreiling	Farrar
Sun Feb 6, 1944	111A	One of the Pillars of Hercules.	L. K. Peters	Farrar

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