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4 results for GROTESQUE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Jan 12, 1986	45D	Like a gargoyle	Brett A. Blaylock	Maleska
Tue Mar 1, 1977	24A	Bizarre	Chet Currier	Maleska
Tue May 11, 1976	9D	Like gargoyles	William Lutwiniak	Weng
Mon Nov 26, 1951	22A	Fantastically ugly.	Unknown	Farrar

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