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4 results for ITMIGHTHAVEBEEN from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Jun 10, 1981	47A	Words said with a sigh	Virginia Hassinger	Maleska
Tue Feb 22, 1977	10D	Whittier's saddest words	Henry Hook	Weng
Fri Mar 22, 1974	48A	Saddest words	Sophie Fierman	Weng
Sat Nov 12, 1955	16A	Whittier's "saddest" of words.	Unknown	Farrar

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