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7 results for DESCARTES from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Dec 29, 1990	62A	Cartesians are his followers	Ronald C. Hirschfeld	Maleska
Thu Nov 18, 1976	19A	He fathered analytical geometry	Henry Hook	Weng
Sat Mar 15, 1975	16A	Philosopher René	Elaine D. Schorr	Weng
Sat Sep 28, 1968	67A	French philosopher.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Feb 12, 1963	30D	French philosopher.	Diana Sessions	Farrar
Fri Aug 28, 1959	9D	Great mathematician.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat Jul 5, 1958	61A	His motto: Cogito, ergo sum.	A. H. Drummond, Jr.	Farrar

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