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8 results for ALOSE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat May 7, 1983	16A	Shad	Nancy McCarthy	Maleska
Sat Nov 21, 1959	19A	European shad.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed Sep 28, 1955	62A	Common European shad.	H. L. Risteen	Farrar
Tue Mar 30, 1954	26A	European shad.	George Frank	Farrar
Tue Jan 13, 1953	61A	European shad.	Roberta Morse	Farrar
Sun Feb 25, 1951	4D	European shad.	W. E. Jones	Farrar
Sun Jan 9, 1944	66A	The European shad.	Lester Keene	Farrar
Sun Jul 26, 1942	56D	Allice-shad.	S. A. Kay	Farrar

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