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4 results for STAFFORD from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Jun 28, 1992	54D	Pulitzer Prize author: 1970	Sally Coyle	Maleska
Sat Aug 24, 1974	4D	Senator	Maura B. Jacobson	Weng
Wed Sep 26, 1956	49A	American novelist.	H. L. Risteen	Farrar
Fri Sep 19, 1952	48A	Authoress Jean.	Unknown	Farrar

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