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5 results for SUBDEB from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Feb 18, 1984	10D	Potential socialite, for short	Ernst Theimer	Maleska
Sun Jan 26, 1964	104D	Future Junior Leaguer.	W. E. Jones	Farrar
Sun Jan 21, 1962	1A	Future socialite.	A. J. Santora	Farrar
Sun Jul 24, 1960	78A	Social bud-to-be: Colloq.	James Byrne	Farrar
Sun Apr 7, 1946	108A	Young girl: Colloq.	Lester Keene	Farrar

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