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4 results for FREEBOOTER from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Jan 22, 1987	17A	Pirate	Jim Page	Maleska
Fri Nov 7, 1969	58A	Pirate.	Unknown	Weng
Wed Mar 24, 1965	2D	Pirate.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed Jan 21, 1959	3D	Buccaneer.	Herbert Ettenson	Farrar

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