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6 results for HALMA from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Dec 28, 1980	88D	Board game	Bert Rosenfield	Maleska
Wed Nov 2, 1960	1D	Long jump, first exercise in the Pentathlon.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Jun 24, 1958	27D	Old-time board game.	S. A. Kay	Farrar
Thu Dec 15, 1955	27D	Board game.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Feb 27, 1949	132D	Checker game.	S. K. Fliegner	Farrar
Sun Nov 7, 1948	93A	Long jump, first exercise of pentathlon.	P. J. Lamanna	Farrar

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