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4 results for ILLSET from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Nov 26, 1972	71A	Badly placed	Christine Valence	Weng
Sun Aug 25, 1957	17D	Poorly arranged.	Mel Taub	Farrar
Sat Apr 6, 1957	42D	Poorly disposed.	Helen K. Whitman	Farrar
Sun Sep 16, 1945	41A	Badly placed.	Harriot T. Cooke	Farrar

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