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8 results for AINOS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Jul 2, 1987	33A	Japanese aborigines	Dorothy Smitonick	Maleska
Sat Apr 24, 1976	18D	Japanese natives	Anthony B. Canning	Weng
Wed Feb 6, 1974	51D	Japanese natives: Var.	Elizabeth A. Yaro	Weng
Sun Dec 17, 1972	56A	Japanese natives	Anthony Morse	Weng
Wed May 1, 1968	11D	Japanese aborigines.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed Jul 5, 1961	50D	Aborigines of Japan.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Dec 26, 1957	49D	Primitive Japanese people.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed Aug 22, 1951	23A	The aborigines of Japan.	Unknown	Farrar

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