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3 results for ACTINAL from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Jun 11, 1983	40D	Oral	Jack L. Steinhardt	Maleska
Sun Oct 29, 1967	103D	Oral, in zoology.	Hume Craft	Farrar
Sat Nov 16, 1957	16A	Oral, in reference to jellyfish and other radiates.	Unknown	Farrar

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