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8 results for GPU from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Dec 27, 1970	1A	NKVD's predecessor	Thomas Sheehan	Weng
Sun Nov 8, 1970	84A	Russian secret police	Edward J. O'Brien	Weng
Fri Aug 6, 1965	47A	Gay-Pay-Oo.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Aug 5, 1962	89A	Gay-Pay-Oo.	A. J. Santora	Farrar
Wed Jul 3, 1957	8D	Former Soviet secret service.	Sidney Lambert	Farrar
Tue Mar 16, 1954	57D	Former version of MVD.	Morton Braun	Farrar
Sat Feb 17, 1951	59D	U.S.S.R. secret service from 1922 to 1935.	James Nesi	Farrar
Sun May 25, 1947	13D	Gay-Pay-Oo.	P. J. Lamanna	Farrar

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