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5 results for BDL from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Mar 14, 1991	53D	Pkg.	Eugene T. Maleska	Maleska
Wed Jan 24, 1990	5A	Pkg.	Richard Silvestri	Maleska
Sat Jan 9, 1988	27A	Parcel: Abbr.	McDowell	Maleska
Sun Aug 14, 1983	53D	Pkg.	Peter Swift	Maleska
Sun Aug 30, 1970	131D	Parcel: Abbr.	Anne Fox	Weng

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