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4 results for DEAFENS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Sep 1, 1975	24D	Assaults the ears	Ruth Smith	Weng
Thu Aug 29, 1963	25D	Stuns with noise.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon Mar 27, 1961	22D	Drowns out.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Mar 22, 1942	117A	Makes inaudible.	Alma Talley	Farrar

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