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10 results for SPP from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Aug 11, 1974	107A	Category: Abbr.	Stafford P. Osborn	Weng
Mon Feb 25, 1974	28D	Distinct varieties: Abbr.	William E. Heinemann	Weng
Sun Jan 21, 1968	56A	Species: Abbr.	John Willig	Farrar
Sat Aug 7, 1965	1A	Species: Abbr.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Nov 2, 1962	55D	Species: Abbr.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat Mar 11, 1961	4D	Species: Abbr.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Jul 16, 1959	1D	Species: Abbr.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon Nov 3, 1958	13D	Species: Abbr.	Madeline Corse	Farrar
Thu Jan 9, 1958	36A	Species: Abbr.	Joseph LaFauci	Farrar
Sat Apr 14, 1956	4D	Species: Pl. abbr.	Unknown	Farrar

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