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2 results for ANCESTRAL from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Aug 6, 2023	Cryptic	15D	Lancaster ground is inherited (9)	Richard Silvestri	Shortz
May 9, 2021	Acrostic	R	Connected by deep roots	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

6 results for ANCESTRAL from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Jun 18, 1987	33D	Atavistic	Kenneth Witte	Maleska
Wed Feb 8, 1961	32D	Hereditary.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu May 26, 1960	2D	Hereditary.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Oct 28, 1956	106A	Parental.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Fri Mar 20, 1953	33D	Pertaining to forebears.	Albert Blum	Farrar
Thu Apr 26, 1951	33D	Pertaining to progenitors.	Unknown	Farrar

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