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11 results for POOREST from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Jan 29, 1990	40D	Worst	Sidney L. Robbins	Maleska
Wed Jun 29, 1988	27A	Most indigent	Kevin Boyle	Maleska
Wed Jan 18, 1984	9D	Least opulent	John Greenman	Maleska
Mon Aug 2, 1982	44D	Most impoverished	Whitten	Maleska
Fri May 23, 1980	39D	At the bottom of the class	Dorothea E. Shipp	Maleska
Sat May 3, 1980	25D	Having the least	Rae	Maleska
Mon Jan 23, 1956	37A	Most inadequate.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Tue Aug 24, 1954	4D	Worst.	Anthony Morse	Farrar
Sun Oct 18, 1953	70A	Most insignificant.	Sam Lake	Farrar
Mon Mar 16, 1953	54A	In greatest need.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Sat Jul 28, 1951	25A	Most meager.	Unknown	Farrar

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