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4 results for AHNE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Jun 21, 1987	20A	Ancestress, in Augsburg	Louis Baron	Maleska
Thu Feb 12, 1981	18D	Female ancestor, in Aachen	C. J. Angio	Maleska
Sun May 30, 1971	15A	Forebear, in Berlin	Keith Blake	Weng
Sun Aug 4, 1968	40A	Ancestress: Ger.	Threba Johnson	Farrar

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