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4 results for ALLOCATED from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Jul 16, 1966	32A	Set apart for a specific purpose.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Oct 25, 1964	41A	Distributed.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar
Wed Dec 5, 1962	17A	Assigned.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed Apr 30, 1952	34D	Distributed.	Unknown	Farrar

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