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3 results for PROTECTIVE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Oct 14, 1987	27D	On guard	Eugene T. Maleska	Maleska
Sat Jan 22, 1977	26D	Kind of custody	Bert Beaman	Weng
Tue Jul 28, 1959	3D	Designating a type of tariff.	H. L. Risteen	Farrar

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