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9 results for SPINA from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Nov 24, 1990	49A	Thorn, to Tacitus	Kevin Boyle	Maleska
Fri Jul 28, 1989	30D	The backbone, medically	Walter Covell	Maleska
Thu Oct 7, 1982	31D	___ yarn (tell a story)	Eugene T. Maleska	Maleska
Sat Jul 31, 1971	28A	Anatomical column	Unknown	Weng
Sun Jun 13, 1971	56A	Thorn, in old Rome	Thomas W. Schier	Weng
Wed Oct 7, 1964	45A	Thorn: Lat.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Mar 3, 1959	38A	Thorn: Lat.	Charles Allen	Farrar
Sun Feb 21, 1954	14D	Thorn: It.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar
Sun Nov 1, 1942	134A	Quill.	Helen Smathers	Farrar

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