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9 results for MIRS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Sep 24, 1989	61A	Russian communities	Irene Smullyan	Maleska
Thu Oct 1, 1987	54D	SE China's ___ Bay	Eugene T. Maleska	Maleska
Sun Aug 31, 1986	18D	Russian villages	Frances Hansen	Maleska
Mon Feb 28, 1977	36A	Russian villages	Leonard Sussman	Maleska
Wed Sep 20, 1972	40D	Russian hamlets	Merl Reagle	Weng
Sun Jul 5, 1959	52D	___ Bay, China Sea inlet near Hong Kong.	Jules Arensberg	Farrar
Fri Sep 7, 1951	37A	Chiefs, in India or Persia.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jul 11, 1948	49A	Russian villages.	Elizabeth Patterson	Farrar
Sun Oct 27, 1946	109D	Russian villages.	L. K. Peters	Farrar

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