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9 results for AERA from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Apr 27, 1980	110A	Age, of old	John M. Samson	Maleska
Sun Nov 7, 1976	74D	Time period: Var.	Nancy W. Atkinson	Weng
Sat Mar 15, 1975	48A	Historic period	Elaine D. Schorr	Weng
Wed Sep 18, 1974	54D	Age: Var.	Mary Dorman	Weng
Fri Mar 15, 1974	17A	Age: Var.	Timothy Murrett	Weng
Thu Jan 6, 1972	57A	Age: Var.	Joli Quentin Kansil	Weng
Sun Feb 1, 1953	34A	Age: Var.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar
Sun Sep 28, 1952	98A	Time: Var.	Evelyn E. Smith	Farrar
Fri Nov 9, 1951	27D	Epoch: Var.	Unknown	Farrar

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