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6 results for ALEWIVES from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Apr 25, 1971	111A	Small fish	Nancy W. Atkinson	Weng
Thu Mar 28, 1968	20A	Fish.	Louise Earnest	Farrar
Fri Dec 1, 1961	36D	Fish of the herring family.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jan 1, 1961	84D	Herring-like fish.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar
Sun Jun 22, 1958	25A	Atlantic Coast herrings.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Sat May 19, 1956	37D	Herringlike fish.	J. F. Kelly	Farrar

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