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10 results for SAILERS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Nov 10, 1987	46D	Certain ships or boats	Arthur W. Palmer	Maleska
Sat Apr 5, 1986	35D	Some boats	Peter G. Snow	Maleska
Sat Apr 14, 1984	58A	Watercraft	Daniel Girardi	Maleska
Sun Jun 10, 1973	17A	Wind-propelled vessels	Alfio Micci	Weng
Thu Oct 16, 1969	38A	Certain vessels.	Unknown	Weng
Mon Mar 28, 1960	41D	Fast vessels.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Apr 1, 1952	8D	Ketch, lugger, yawl, etc.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jan 8, 1950	102D	Vessels.	Henry A. Wolfe	Farrar
Sun Feb 13, 1949	56A	Boats.	Howard O. Smith	Farrar
Sun Feb 4, 1945	147A	Boats spreading canvas.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar

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