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3 results for FINICAL from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Mar 19, 1964	35A	Too much the perfectionist.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jan 19, 1964	64D	Squeamish.	William A. Lewis, Jr.	Farrar
Mon Dec 28, 1953	34A	Too particular.	Marian Moeser	Farrar

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