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6 results for MORTARBOARD from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Sep 14, 1983	10D	Graduate's cap	Dorothy Smitonick	Maleska
Sun Dec 1, 1968	66A	Headgear	W. A. Lewis Jr.	Farrar
Tue Jun 21, 1960	20A	Plasterer's accessory.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Mar 3, 1960	49A	Commencement wear.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Aug 7, 1955	25A	June headgear.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar
Sun Jun 19, 1955	37D	Academic cap.	Helen Bernard	Farrar

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