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4 results for SPRUCEDUP from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Nov 8, 1990	32D	Made neat and trim	Eugene T. Maleska	Maleska
Thu Mar 15, 1990	17A	Neatened	Richard Silvestri	Maleska
Fri May 6, 1988	3D	Looking sharp	Bert Rosenfield	Maleska
Sat Oct 8, 1960	34D	Neatened.	Unknown	Farrar

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