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4 results for BOMBAST from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon May 9, 1966	9D	High-sounding words.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon Feb 28, 1966	24D	Turgid language.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed Jan 20, 1965	21A	Hot air.	Louise Earnest	Farrar
Wed May 30, 1956	43D	Pompous speech.	Anne V. Ahern	Farrar

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