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3 results for SOOTED from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Jun 29, 1977	42A	Smudged	Virginia Butler	Maleska
Tue Dec 24, 1963	45D	Besmudged.	Louise Earnest	Farrar
Sun Apr 7, 1957	19D	Covered with coal dust.	Arthur Schulman	Farrar

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