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5 results for TAINAN from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Dec 21, 1982	22A	City in Taiwan	Dorothy Smitonick	Maleska
Sun Oct 28, 1956	131A	City of Formosa.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Sun Sep 12, 1954	48D	Formosan city.	Ruth H. Oliver	Farrar
Sun Jun 21, 1953	110A	One of Formosa's oldest cities.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Sun Apr 30, 1944	109D	Capital of Formosa.	Alexis P. Boodberg	Farrar

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