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5 results for ILLINOISAN from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Dec 14, 1956	59A	Adlai.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Oct 24, 1954	29D	Governor Stratton.	Mel Taub	Farrar
Mon Aug 4, 1952	30D	Sen. Dirksen, for instance.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Feb 17, 1952	22A	Adlai Stevenson, for instance.	Sam Lake	Farrar
Sun Dec 24, 1944	16D	What Abraham Lincoln voted as.	C. E. Noel	Farrar

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