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4 results for ESTOPPED from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Dec 28, 1991	6D	Barred, at the bar	Jim Page	Maleska
Mon Jan 6, 1986	30A	Halted legally	Sidney L. Robbins	Maleska
Mon Oct 13, 1980	41D	Barred at the bar	Sidney L. Robbins	Maleska
Mon Apr 14, 1958	4D	Prevented by law.	Madeline Corse	Farrar

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