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9 pre-Shortz crosswords by Jay Sheldon
with David Steinberg comments
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Sat 3/30/1963
| T | E | S | T | B | A | N | | S | W | E | A | R | |
| T | O | L | E | R | A | T | E | | P | A | L | M | E | R |
| A | L | A | C | A | R | T | E | | A | R | A | B | L | E |
| P | E | T | | Y | A | R | D | A | R | M | | R | E | V |
| I | D | E | S | | K | I | L | L | S | | C | O | V | E |
| R | O | D | E | O | | T | E | M | | S | U | S | A | N |
| | | C | A | V | E | | S | K | A | T | I | N | G |
| A | P | P | O | S | E | | | | O | F | L | A | T | E |
| P | R | I | N | T | E | R | | I | S | E | E | | | |
| P | O | N | D | S | | I | G | N | | S | T | R | A | W |
| E | T | E | S | | P | L | O | T | S | | S | I | V | A |
| A | R | T | | F | I | L | L | E | T | S | | P | E | R |
| L | A | R | I | A | T | | F | R | E | E | B | O | R | N |
| S | C | E | N | I | C | | E | N | T | R | U | S | T | S |
| T | E | N | T | H | | R | E | S | E | N | T | S | |
No solution in paper; solution from a book and matches grid and first few clues.
Wed 3/20/1963
| V | I | S | A | V | I | S | | M | A | T | E | R | |
| M | O | N | U | M | E | N | T | | E | X | I | L | E | S |
| A | L | F | R | E | S | C | O | | R | E | C | I | F | E |
| L | I | R | A | | T | U | R | B | I | D | | X | I | I |
| A | T | A | | | | B | E | E | T | | S | I | N | N |
| B | I | R | D | | D | U | D | E | | S | P | R | E | E |
| A | V | E | R | N | U | S | | R | I | T | E | | | |
| R | E | D | O | A | K | | | | D | E | C | O | C | T |
| | | W | O | E | S | | S | E | M | I | N | A | R |
| S | T | O | S | S | | L | O | P | S | | E | E | R | Y |
| W | I | L | Y | | T | I | K | I | | | | H | E | S |
| E | N | D | | S | A | M | A | R | A | | S | O | F | T |
| A | D | A | G | E | S | | P | A | R | T | E | R | R | E |
| R | E | G | N | A | T | | I | N | C | E | N | S | E | D |
| R | E | U | N | E | | S | T | A | N | D | E | E | |
Wed 2/20/1963
| M | E | D | O | C | | C | A | P | E | | A | D | A | M |
| A | R | O | A | R | | E | L | A | M | | L | E | L | Y |
| T | A | S | T | Y | | M | I | N | U | T | E | M | A | N |
| E | S | E | | S | T | E | V | E | | A | G | A | N | A |
| R | E | D | S | T | O | N | E | | S | L | A | G | | |
| | | C | A | N | T | A | N | K | E | R | O | U | S |
| H | A | B | I | L | E | | N | A | I | S | | G | R | O |
| O | S | L | O | | L | A | D | E | N | | D | U | N | S |
| S | O | U | | M | E | E | K | | G | A | Y | E | S | T |
| P | R | E | D | E | S | T | I | N | A | T | E | | | |
| | B | O | W | S | | C | I | M | A | R | R | O | N |
| S | H | E | R | E | | S | K | E | E | T | | O | R | O |
| P | E | R | I | D | O | T | I | C | | I | N | N | E | R |
| A | C | R | E | | D | U | N | E | | M | I | D | A | S |
| S | K | Y | S | | I | N | G | S | | E | X | O | D | E |
Fri 2/15/1963
| R | A | S | P | | A | M | E | N | | U | D | A | D |
| H | E | N | N | A | | H | I | L | O | | R | O | S | E |
| E | N | T | E | R | | A | L | L | S | A | I | N | T | S |
| R | O | S | E | B | O | W | L | | E | L | A | N | E | T |
| | | R | O | C | K | I | N | G | C | H | A | I | R |
| S | O | B | E | I | T | | | A | A | A | | S | N | Y |
| A | U | L | D | L | A | N | G | S | Y | N | E | | | |
| P | I | S | A | | | A | R | A | | | V | A | D | E |
| | | T | R | A | V | E | L | G | U | I | D | E | S |
| A | G | R | | E | N | A | | | E | N | D | O | W | S |
| F | O | O | T | B | A | L | L | G | A | M | E | | | |
| R | A | P | I | E | R | | E | L | R | A | N | C | H | O |
| E | L | E | C | T | R | O | D | E | | S | C | O | U | R |
| S | I | R | E | | O | X | O | N | | K | E | L | L | Y |
| H | E | Y | S | | W | Y | N | N | | S | D | A | K | |
Mon 1/28/1963
| C | L | E | O | | C | U | L | M | | S | T | U | C | K |
| H | O | L | M | | A | S | I | E | | T | I | T | H | E |
| A | D | E | N | | F | O | N | D | | U | N | T | E | R |
| D | E | V | I | S | E | | T | U | R | F | | E | R | N |
| | A | B | U | S | E | | S | A | F | A | R | I | S |
| G | O | T | U | P | | A | M | A | Z | E | S | | | |
| A | N | I | S | E | T | T | E | | E | D | I | C | T | S |
| I | D | O | | R | U | S | T | L | E | S | | H | O | E |
| T | E | N | T | H | S | | R | E | D | H | E | A | R | T |
| | | A | I | S | L | E | S | | I | N | R | O | S |
| W | R | I | G | G | L | E | | S | E | R | R | A | | |
| H | A | S | | H | E | A | T | | S | T | A | B | L | E |
| I | N | L | A | W | | D | I | P | S | | G | A | E | A |
| R | E | A | D | A | | E | R | I | E | | E | N | D | S |
| L | E | M | A | Y | | R | O | U | X | | S | C | O | T |
The clue for 8-Down was "Most famous of the Gorgon's." Changed it to "Most famous of the Gorgons."
Fri 4/6/1962
| J | A | C | O | B | | G | R | U | B | | M | A | R | I |
| O | R | O | N | O | | A | I | N | U | | E | D | E | N |
| G | E | N | O | A | | B | O | A | R | D | W | A | L | K |
| S | A | C | | S | C | O | T | | G | O | S | P | E | L |
| | L | A | T | I | N | | S | L | O | | T | E | E |
| C | R | A | T | E | R | | S | C | A | R | F | | | |
| H | I | V | E | R | | F | O | U | R | S | O | M | E | S |
| I | D | E | M | | F | O | L | D | S | | L | Y | R | E |
| D | E | S | P | E | R | A | D | O | | E | L | S | I | E |
| | | O | B | E | L | I | | S | C | O | T | E | R |
| E | F | T | | L | E | S | | S | T | O | W | E | | |
| N | E | R | E | I | D | | S | T | A | N | | R | A | J |
| T | R | A | N | S | O | N | I | C | | O | P | I | N | E |
| E | M | I | T | | M | A | Z | Y | | M | I | E | N | S |
| R | I | N | D | | S | T | E | R | | Y | E | S | E | S |
Sat 3/17/1962
| A | L | U | M | | I | S | M | S | | R | I | V | A | L |
| S | O | R | A | | N | E | A | T | | A | D | I | M | E |
| S | C | A | R | S | D | A | L | E | | M | O | T | I | F |
| N | I | L | G | A | I | | A | R | C | S | | A | C | T |
| | | A | T | A | | C | E | R | | D | E | E | S |
| P | L | A | Y | I | N | G | H | O | O | K | Y | | | |
| I | O | N | | | S | A | I | | S | I | E | C | L | E |
| P | R | I | A | M | U | S | | E | S | T | R | E | A | T |
| S | E | L | D | O | M | | P | Y | E | | | T | V | A |
| | | C | O | M | P | L | E | X | I | T | I | E | S |
| B | R | O | S | | E | R | E | | A | S | A | | | |
| H | E | L | | B | R | A | D | | M | I | L | L | A | Y |
| A | V | I | L | A | | I | G | N | I | T | I | O | N | S |
| N | E | V | E | R | | S | E | A | N | | O | N | C | E |
| G | L | E | A | M | | E | D | G | E | | N | E | E | R |
Fri 1/26/1962
| C | L | I | F | F | | | | S | C | O | T | E | R |
| P | R | O | V | E | R | B | | T | H | O | R | E | A | U |
| R | E | V | E | R | I | E | | R | O | B | B | E | R | S |
| I | N | A | | N | E | C | T | A | R | S | | T | N | T |
| M | A | B | S | | S | A | I | N | T | | P | E | E | L |
| A | T | L | A | W | | U | N | S | | P | E | R | S | E |
| E | E | R | I | E | S | T | | W | U | R | S | T | |
| | | A | R | N | E | | W | I | N | G | | | |
| R | A | C | E | S | | C | A | N | T | O | R | S | |
| C | A | R | E | D | | P | U | T | | S | L | O | P | E |
| O | D | I | N | | H | A | R | T | S | | A | M | I | R |
| R | I | A | | T | U | R | T | L | E | S | | A | N | I |
| T | A | D | P | O | L | E | | E | T | A | M | I | N | E |
| E | N | N | O | B | L | E | | S | A | B | I | N | E | S |
| S | T | E | R | E | O | | | | E | A | G | E | R | |
Tue 8/11/1959
| C | A | S | B | A | H | | | P | A | D | O | V | A |
| P | O | S | T | U | R | E | | T | E | L | A | V | I | V |
| A | R | S | E | N | A | L | | A | N | I | M | A | T | E |
| S | P | U | R | T | | L | O | R | N | A | | T | A | R |
| S | U | R | E | | L | E | N | T | O | | B | E | L | T |
| A | L | A | | S | U | N | D | A | N | C | E | | | |
| G | E | N | | P | R | E | E | N | | R | E | D | S | |
| E | N | C | O | R | E | | | | D | E | T | E | C | T |
| T | E | T | E | | P | E | C | O | S | | M | A | R |
| | | T | E | L | E | C | A | S | T | | I | V | E |
| C | O | M | O | | A | D | O | R | E | | A | M | E | N |
| O | N | E | | A | M | A | N | A | | F | R | O | N | T |
| L | I | N | E | M | E | N | | M | A | R | E | N | G | O |
| O | C | U | L | I | S | T | | B | R | O | A | D | E | N |
| R | E | S | I | S | T | | | A | N | G | L | E | R | |
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