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10 results for SOMES from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Feb 9, 1975	34D	Bodies: Suffix	William Lutwiniak	Weng
Sun Jun 7, 1970	35D	River of Rumania	Anthony Morse	Weng
Sun Jan 26, 1969	48D	Endings with three and four	William Lutwiniak	Weng
Thu May 2, 1968	52A	Endings with two and three.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Apr 18, 1968	30D	Suffixes with two or three.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Feb 27, 1966	61A	Ending with two or four.	William Lutwiniak	Farrar
Wed Jan 10, 1962	42A	River in Hungary.	Charles Cross	Farrar
Wed Jun 9, 1954	60A	Suffixes used after two, three, etc.	Ellsworth Smith	Farrar
Sun Apr 7, 1946	45A	Department, Transylvania, Rumania.	Lester Keene	Farrar
Sun Apr 23, 1944	118D	River in Rumania.	Archie S. Kreiling	Farrar

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