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14 results for SPOILSPORT from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Sep 15, 1985	23A	Kill-joy runs harbor for ill-gotten gains	Jim Page	Maleska
Tue Jan 22, 1985	55A	Killjoy	Judson G. Trent	Maleska
Sun Oct 13, 1974	101A	Coddles wine	William Lutwiniak	Weng
Sat Jan 8, 1972	5A	Kill-joy	Unknown	Weng
Sat Jul 10, 1971	18A	Saboteur on a petty level	Unknown	Weng
Wed Jul 30, 1969	27D	Wet blanket's cousin.	Unknown	Weng
Thu Nov 30, 1967	56A	Wet blanket.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Jan 28, 1966	3D	Kill-joy.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Mar 31, 1964	17A	Kill-joy.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Jul 11, 1961	39A	Pessimist's cousin.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon May 1, 1961	33A	Cousin of a wet blanket.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Oct 25, 1959	43D	Kill-joy.	W. E. Jones	Farrar
Wed Apr 2, 1958	3D	Cousin of a wet blanket.	Herbert Ettenson	Farrar
Wed Dec 3, 1952	11D	Wet blanket.	Unknown	Farrar

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