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5 results for DOCTORATE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Jun 27, 1969	35D	Some collegians' aim.	Unknown	Weng
Tue Mar 16, 1965	27A	Degree.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat Oct 24, 1964	19D	Degree.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Sep 1, 1960	17A	Degree.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Apr 7, 1955	3D	Ph. D. or Ed. D.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar

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