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6 results for ACIERATE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Mar 13, 1983	120A	Change into steel	Edward Marchese	Maleska
Wed Sep 24, 1958	33A	Convert into steel.	S. A. Kay	Farrar
Sat Mar 1, 1952	54A	Manufacture steel.	H. H. Chapman	Farrar
Tue Mar 13, 1951	12D	Convert into steel.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Aug 29, 1948	26A	Convert into steel.	Charles Cross	Farrar
Sun Jun 27, 1948	59D	Convert into steel.	P. J. Lamanna	Farrar

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