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4 results for PROFILES from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Sep 27, 1965	53A	Prose pictures of people.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Aug 25, 1963	62A	Short, vivid biographies.	Stephanie Caruana	Farrar
Mon Sep 14, 1959	6D	Short, vivid biographies.	Arthur Schulman	Farrar
Mon Aug 11, 1952	4D	Magazine pieces.	Unknown	Farrar

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