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10 results for NEPA from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Nov 30, 1985	53D	Scorpio, to Scipio	Eli Wesoff	Maleska
Sun Feb 15, 1976	58D	Scorpion genus	Elaine D. Schorr	Weng
Sun Dec 26, 1965	122D	Scorpion: Lat.	Frances Hansen	Farrar
Fri Nov 27, 1964	54D	Genus of water scorpions.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Aug 21, 1960	84A	Genus of the water scorpion.	W. E. Jones	Farrar
Sun Jul 9, 1950	65D	Scorpion: Latin.	Alice H. Cook	Farrar
Sun Jun 25, 1950	69A	Genus of water scorpions.	Leonard Goldberg	Farrar
Sun Apr 11, 1948	86D	Scorpion: Latin.	Alice Cook	Farrar
Sun Oct 13, 1946	128D	Water scorpion.	Louis Baron	Farrar
Sun Nov 8, 1942	144A	Water scorpion.	Louis Baron	Farrar

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