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7 results for MATERNAL from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat May 9, 1981	49A	Kind of inheritance	Sterner	Maleska
Tue Nov 5, 1974	42A	___ instinct	Reginald L. Johnson	Weng
Thu May 3, 1973	30A	Kind of relative	Unknown	Weng
Thu Feb 22, 1973	10D	Kind of instinct	Unknown	Weng
Tue Jun 22, 1971	30A	Protective in a way	Unknown	Weng
Thu Aug 13, 1964	14A	Of a parent.	Louise Earnest	Farrar
Thu Aug 11, 1955	12D	Motherly.	Unknown	Farrar

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