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3 results for LORATE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Apr 15, 1956	83D	Strap-shaped, in botany.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Sun Dec 5, 1948	18D	Thong-shaped.	Elizabeth Patterson	Farrar
Sun Dec 23, 1945	93A	Strap-shaped: Bot.	L. K. Peters	Farrar

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