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4 results for RECESSIVE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Aug 16, 1980	30A	Tending to withdraw	Jack L. Steinhardt	Maleska
Tue Sep 17, 1974	54A	Genetic opposite of dominant	Virginia Butler	Weng
Sat Jun 28, 1969	11D	Withdrawn.	Unknown	Weng
Fri May 6, 1960	32D	Not dominant.	Unknown	Farrar

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