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8 results for ABOMAS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Aug 1, 1985	12A	Kin of boa constrictors	Daniel Girardi	Maleska
Sat Jul 1, 1978	38D	S.A. snakes	A. J. Santora	Maleska
Fri Dec 2, 1977	32A	S.A. serpents	William Lutwiniak	Maleska
Thu Feb 4, 1971	34A	Snakes	Unknown	Weng
Sun Feb 4, 1962	73A	Large constrictors.	Hume R. Craft	Farrar
Fri May 2, 1952	31D	Serpents of the constrictor family.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Apr 4, 1948	86D	Constrictors.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Sun Apr 2, 1944	85A	Large snakes.	L. K. Peters	Farrar

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