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4 results for CONFUTE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun May 31, 1981	19A	Overwhelm by argument	Richard Silvestri	Maleska
Sun Oct 1, 1972	85D	Prove false	Eugene T. Maleska	Weng
Sat Aug 24, 1957	39D	Prove to be wrong.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar
Sun Jun 15, 1952	30D	Overwhelm by argument.	Edward Buckler	Farrar

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