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8 results for XEN from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Apr 20, 1987	62D	Foreign: Comb. form	Joy L. Wouk	Maleska
Fri Oct 11, 1985	64A	Foreign: Comb. form	William S. McIlrath	Maleska
Wed Jun 16, 1971	44A	Foreign: Prefix	Unknown	Weng
Sat Nov 7, 1970	57D	Strange: Prefix	Unknown	Weng
Tue Aug 2, 1966	57D	Foreign: Prefix.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Nov 9, 1961	21D	Stranger: Prefix.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat Dec 31, 1960	22D	Stranger: Comb. form.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon Nov 27, 1950	36A	Strange: Comb. form.	S. A. Kay	Farrar

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