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4 results for RETROSPECTIVE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Jan 3, 1985	49A	Looking backward	Shirley Soloway	Maleska
Tue Jul 10, 1973	19D	Remembering	Unknown	Weng
Sun Jan 16, 1949	66D	Contemplating the past.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar
Sun Apr 6, 1947	71A	Ex post facto.	Willard N. Jordan	Farrar

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