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2 results for NEILSON from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author
Sat Dec 19, 2009	34D	Roger who coached eight different N.H.L. teams	Tyler Hinman and Byron Walden
Fri Oct 11, 2002	61A	Lexicographer William Allan ___	A. J. Santora

4 results for NEILSON from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Oct 20, 1991	111D	U.S. lexicographer-educator: 1869-1946	Calista Luminati	Maleska
Mon Sep 11, 1950	36A	President of Smith College, 1917-39.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Mar 30, 1947	100D	Former president of Smith College.	Louis Jenkins	Farrar
Sun May 5, 1946	66A	President of Smith College; Editor-in-Chief of Webster dictionaries (1869-1946).	P. J. Lamanna	Farrar

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