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9 results for PELA from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri May 24, 1991	5A	Chinese wax	Daniel Girardi	Maleska
Wed Mar 29, 1989	15A	Chinese wax	Michael A. Rampino	Maleska
Mon Mar 10, 1975	62A	Chinese wax	Dorothy N. Davis	Weng
Mon Dec 30, 1974	48A	Chinese wax	Leonard Sussman	Weng
Sun Nov 4, 1973	106D	Chinese wax	Richard Camp	Weng
Sun Jan 21, 1973	72A	Chinese wax	Bert Beaman	Weng
Mon Jul 15, 1963	27D	Chinese wax.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat Nov 10, 1956	47A	Chinese wax.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Oct 2, 1949	84A	Chinese wax.	George W. Root	Farrar

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