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10 results for DORPS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Aug 5, 1990	49D	African villages	Bert H. Kruse	Maleska
Sun Mar 24, 1985	37A	Hamlets	Robert H. Wolfe	Maleska
Sun Dec 28, 1975	148A	Hamlets	Frances Hansen	Weng
Wed Feb 27, 1963	6D	South African villages.	S. A. Kay	Farrar
Sun Nov 25, 1962	119D	Villages.	Herbert Ettenson	Farrar
Wed Jul 8, 1959	36A	Hamlets.	Sidney Lambert	Farrar
Tue Nov 18, 1952	36A	Villages.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Apr 22, 1951	118A	Hamlets.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Sun Mar 24, 1946	36A	Hamlets.	J. P. Downes	Farrar
Sun Oct 24, 1943	107A	African villages.	Archie Kreiling	Farrar

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