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15 results for OXUS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Apr 1, 1984	64D	Former name of the Amu Darya	Frances Hansen	Maleska
Tue Nov 16, 1976	41A	Old name of the Amu Darya	William Lutwiniak	Weng
Sun Jan 26, 1969	2D	Amu Darya	William Lutwiniak	Weng
Wed Mar 27, 1968	69A	Ancient river of 67 Across.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Oct 20, 1967	38D	River into Lake Aral.	William Lutwiniak	Farrar
Thu Jul 13, 1967	6D	River into Lake Aral.	William Lutwiniak	Farrar
Wed May 10, 1967	35D	Amu Darya, Asian river.	William Lutwiniak	Farrar
Fri Feb 17, 1967	35D	Asian river.	William Lutwiniak	Farrar
Sat Oct 22, 1966	51A	River in W Asia.	Arthur Schulman	Farrar
Thu Jul 28, 1966	61A	Amu Darya, of old.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon Sep 3, 1962	27D	Ancient river of Asia.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Jul 30, 1959	20D	Ancient name of Asian river.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Apr 30, 1959	23A	River into Lake Aral.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Wed Dec 31, 1958	16A	Asian river, the Amu Darya.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Dec 28, 1950	7D	Fabulous river, 1,400 miles, flowing into Lake Aral.	Unknown	Farrar

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