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4 results for CHEKA from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Jul 19, 1990	16A	K.G.B. ancestor	Eli Wesoff	Maleska
Tue Dec 13, 1983	26D	Lenin's security service	Janis Heller	Maleska
Sun Feb 15, 1953	92D	___, OGPU, NKVD.	Sergei Tilart	Farrar
Sun Feb 10, 1946	80D	Soviet committee.	C. L. Cross	Farrar

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