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7 results for VAAL from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Apr 7, 1991	96D	River in South Africa	Valerie Meunier	Maleska
Sat Jan 25, 1986	51D	South African river	Daniel Girardi	Maleska
Mon Oct 19, 1981	1D	It flows into Africa's Orange	Charles J. Matonti	Maleska
Sun Oct 26, 1969	2D	African river	Mary M. Murdoch	Weng
Tue Dec 3, 1968	58A	River in South Africa.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Sep 8, 1964	6A	South African river.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue May 3, 1960	56A	South African river, into the Orange.	Unknown	Farrar

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