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6 results for PAPERBACK from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Jul 31, 1973	20D	Publisher's rerun	Unknown	Weng
Thu Jul 18, 1968	65A	Book.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon Jun 3, 1968	24A	Something to read.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Aug 5, 1960	60A	Reader's purchase.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed Apr 9, 1958	17A	Book.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Mar 25, 1954	11D	Feature of current publishing.	Roberta Morse	Farrar

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