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13 results for SIAL from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Dec 6, 1981	4D	Outer portion of the earth	Bert Rosenfield	Maleska
Sun Jun 11, 1978	117A	Outer portion of the earth	Stanley Glass	Maleska
Mon Feb 14, 1977	50D	Earth's crust	Tap Osborn	Weng
Thu May 30, 1974	69A	Rock formation	John Finch	Weng
Sat Dec 19, 1970	24A	Part of the earth's crust	Unknown	Weng
Mon Sep 1, 1969	22D	Rock formation.	Unknown	Weng
Tue Dec 31, 1968	24A	Layer of rocks.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Dec 10, 1967	61D	Igneous rock.	A. J. Santora	Farrar
Tue Feb 7, 1967	10A	Igneous rock.	Louis Sabin	Farrar
Sun Sep 29, 1963	79A	Siliceous rock.	Sidney Lambert	Farrar
Sun Feb 28, 1960	106A	Siliceous rock: Geol.	Sidney Lambert	Farrar
Wed Feb 1, 1956	51D	Siliceous rock.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Sun May 9, 1948	13D	Outer portion of the earth: Geol.	Willard N. Jordan	Farrar

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