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1 result for SHORTY from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Dec 31, 1997	5D	Unlikely nickname in the N.B.A.	Alfio Micci	Shortz

4 results for SHORTY from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Mar 7, 1988	46D	Hospital bed jacket	Louis Sabin	Maleska
Sun Jun 24, 1973	17A	Jeff, for one	Eugene T. Maleska	Weng
Sun Nov 9, 1958	127A	Tall man's nickname.	Diana Sessions	Farrar
Fri Feb 15, 1952	70A	Man's nickname.	Unknown	Farrar

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