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6 results for BUTTERUP from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Sep 26, 1974	35D	Flatter	Anthony B. Canning	Weng
Wed Apr 12, 1972	68A	Flatter fulsomely	Unknown	Weng
Tue Sep 24, 1968	5D	Flatter lavishly: Colloq.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri May 20, 1966	54A	Flatter: Colloq.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon Jul 30, 1962	41D	Flatter: Colloq.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Nov 1, 1960	12A	Flatter: Colloq.	Unknown	Farrar

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