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6 results for PATD from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue May 18, 1971	1A	Abbreviation on a gadget	Unknown	Weng
Mon Jul 8, 1968	31A	Inventor's abbreviation.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Sep 23, 1962	8D	Inventor's abbreviation.	A. J. Santora	Farrar
Thu Jun 15, 1961	9A	Abbreviation on a new gadget.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Apr 16, 1961	130A	Inventor's abbreviation.	Aida Cromwell	Farrar
Sat Oct 22, 1960	11D	Protected by exclusive rights: Abbr.	Unknown	Farrar

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