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10 results for ALEAP from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Jan 29, 1989	102D	___ in the dark	Jeanne Wilson	Maleska
Mon May 25, 1987	25D	"With ___ and a bound ... ": Coleridge	Sidney L. Robbins	Maleska
Tue Dec 30, 1986	61A	___ in the dark	Melvin Kenworthy	Maleska
Sat Nov 19, 1983	26D	"With ___ and a bound ... ": Coleridge	Eli Wesoff	Maleska
Sun Sep 24, 1967	36D	___ in the dark.	Jean Reed	Farrar
Sat Sep 29, 1962	60A	"___ in the dark."	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Nov 9, 1961	14A	"___ in the dark."	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Apr 5, 1960	24D	___ in the dark.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat Mar 24, 1956	52A	___ in the dark.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar
Wed May 25, 1955	15A	___ in the dark.	Mel Taub	Farrar

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