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6 results for SPIRANT from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Jan 3, 1986	21A	Fricative	A. J. Santora	Maleska
Sat Aug 6, 1977	51A	Strong consonant	Jack Luzzatto	Maleska
Sat Mar 23, 1974	41D	Speech sound	Sara V. Tuckerman	Weng
Wed Mar 20, 1963	40D	Consonantal sound.	Jay Sheldon	Farrar
Wed Oct 20, 1954	52A	Breathy sound.	Roberta Morse	Farrar
Sun Apr 29, 1945	130A	A consonant such as "S."	Louis Jenkins	Farrar

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