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6 results for ALGO from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Sep 22, 1990	19A	Pain: Comb. form	Nancy Joline	Maleska
Tue Dec 30, 1986	28D	Pain: Comb. form	Melvin Kenworthy	Maleska
Wed Jun 4, 1975	7D	Something, in Spain	Sara V. Tuckerman	Weng
Tue Dec 26, 1967	22D	Something: Sp.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed Jan 23, 1963	35A	Something, in Spain.	Charles Gersch	Farrar
Fri Aug 17, 1951	11D	Pain: Comb. form.	Unknown	Farrar

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