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9 results for LADERS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Jul 16, 1993	42D	Workmen on piers	James E. Hinish Jr.	Maleska
Mon Jun 22, 1992	29D	Dockworkers	William Baxley	Maleska
Sat Aug 21, 1976	10D	Cargo workers	H. Hastings Reddall	Weng
Sun Apr 8, 1962	93D	Stevedores.	Roberta Morse	Farrar
Sun Jul 26, 1953	25A	Longshoremen.	W. E. Jones	Farrar
Sun Jan 7, 1951	85A	Stevedores.	Willard N. Jordan	Farrar
Sun Jun 18, 1944	70A	Longshoremen.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Sun Jan 24, 1943	116D	Stevedores.	J. C. Doesburg	Farrar
Sun Aug 16, 1942	101D	Stevedores.	Jack Luzzato	Farrar

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