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1 result for PRETENSION from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Aug 26, 1995	57A	Airs	Joe DiPietro	Shortz

4 results for PRETENSION from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Jun 30, 1992	29D	Claim or title to	Jeff Herrington	Maleska
Sat Jul 29, 1989	53A	Claim or title to something	Beverly Tivin	Maleska
Tue Dec 30, 1969	17A	Self-importance.	Unknown	Weng
Wed Jan 2, 1957	58A	Assertion of a claim.	Charles Baron	Farrar

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