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4 results for LYED from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Jun 29, 1978	52A	Applied a caustic	William Lutwiniak	Maleska
Sun Aug 26, 1956	117A	Cleansed harshly.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Sun Feb 22, 1953	28A	Alkalized.	Herbert Arensberg	Farrar
Sun Oct 18, 1942	17D	Treated with lixivium.	Willard N. Jordan	Farrar

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