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5 results for ALCA from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Apr 30, 1970	41A	Auk genus	Unknown	Weng
Wed Oct 8, 1969	34A	Auk genus.	Unknown	Weng
Sat Oct 27, 1962	59D	Genus of auks.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat Feb 18, 1956	55A	Auk genus.	Mel Taub	Farrar
Sun Sep 6, 1942	28A	Auk genus.	J. L. Wordsworth	Farrar

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