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4 results for BACKWATER from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Jan 20, 1987	32D	Retreat from a stand taken	Nancy McCarthy	Maleska
Sat Apr 10, 1976	43A	Row in reverse	Bill Shipp	Weng
Thu Jan 15, 1970	3D	Isolated place	Unknown	Weng
Wed May 31, 1967	49A	Isolated place.	William Lutwiniak	Farrar

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