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5 results for TRACTION from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Jun 11, 1990	54A	Adhesive friction of tires on roads	Albert J. Klaus	Maleska
Sun Sep 28, 1986	97D	The act of drawing	D. Jones	Maleska
Sun Apr 28, 1974	71A	Pulling force	Joseph LaFauci	Weng
Mon Nov 13, 1967	5D	The act of drawing.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon Feb 14, 1955	4D	Pulling power.	Elsie Bishop	Farrar

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