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8 results for AILSA from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Jun 12, 1965	48D	___ Craig, Scottish island.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Sep 28, 1962	6D	Name akin to Adelaide.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Nov 24, 1959	51A	___ Craig, Scottish island.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed Mar 18, 1959	12D	___ Crag, Firth of Clyde, Scotland.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Tue Dec 18, 1956	19D	Variant of Adelaide.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Nov 26, 1944	27D	___ Craig, island off Scotland.	Lester Keene	Farrar
Sun Nov 7, 1943	112D	___ Craig, island at mouth of Firth of Clyde.	Zelma Masters	Farrar
Sun Mar 8, 1942	88D	Daughter of Andrew Mellon.	Mabel Daggett	Farrar

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