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8 results for BUKA from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Nov 27, 1953	25A	One of the Solomon Islands.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Apr 30, 1944	91D	Island north of Bougainville.	Alexis P. Boodberg	Farrar
Sun Jan 16, 1944	5D	Japanese-held island north of Bougainville.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Sun Oct 17, 1943	98D	Island north of Bougainville.	Harriot T. Cooke	Farrar
Sun May 9, 1943	16D	Island north of Bougainville.	P. Joseph Lamanna	Farrar
Sun Apr 25, 1943	16D	Japanese air-base in the Solomons.	Hugh P. Evans	Farrar
Sun Apr 11, 1943	44A	Island in Solomons where Japs landed.	Harriot T. Cooke	Farrar
Sun Dec 20, 1942	49D	Solomon Island, at northern tip of Bougainville.	Mrs. Hedley V. Cooke	Farrar

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