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6 results for ACTU from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Dec 27, 1973	14A	In ___ (thing done)	Unknown	Weng
Mon Aug 20, 1973	40D	In ___ (existent)	Unknown	Weng
Sun Apr 12, 1970	25A	Moving: Lat.	Frances Hansen	Weng
Sun Nov 26, 1967	9D	In ___ (in reality): Lat.	Will Weng	Farrar
Thu Sep 14, 1967	68A	In ___ (in reality): Lat.	Arthur Schulman	Farrar
Sun Apr 23, 1967	84A	In ___ (in reality): Lat.	Threba Johnson	Farrar

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