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8 results for CHERT from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Apr 2, 1993	25A	Flintlike rock	Eugene T. Maleska	Maleska
Tue Jul 7, 1987	28D	Quartz	Judson G. Trent	Maleska
Tue Sep 21, 1976	6D	Fine-grained rock	Marie West	Weng
Fri Aug 15, 1969	43A	Flint-like rock.	Unknown	Weng
Sat Feb 26, 1966	44D	Kind of quartz.	Arthur Schulman	Farrar
Wed Jan 9, 1963	1D	Dull-colored flintlike quartz.	Louise Earnest	Farrar
Sun Jun 17, 1962	87A	Flintlike quartz.	William A. Lewis Jr.	Farrar
Sun Oct 19, 1958	112A	Kind of quartz.	A. H. Drummond Jr.	Farrar

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