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12 results for DLS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Mar 10, 1990	15D	Librarian's deg.	Charles B. Waffell	Maleska
Sun Dec 6, 1981	18D	Librarian's deg.	Bert Rosenfield	Maleska
Sun Mar 12, 1978	118D	Metric units: Abbr.	William Lutwiniak	Maleska
Sun Jun 8, 1975	83D	Metric units: Abbr.	Alfio Micci	Weng
Wed Mar 12, 1975	62D	Librarian's degree	Leonard Goldberg	Weng
Sun Sep 15, 1974	86D	Library degree: Abbr.	Threba Johnson	Weng
Sun Nov 22, 1970	71D	Metric units: Abbr.	Frances Hansen	Weng
Mon Dec 1, 1969	61D	Librarian's degree.	Unknown	Weng
Thu Dec 26, 1968	43A	Librarian's degree.	Louise Earnest	Farrar
Tue Sep 15, 1964	13D	Telegrams of a sort: Abbr.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Sep 26, 1961	22D	Dollars: Abbr.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Nov 20, 1953	51A	Dollars: Abbr.	Unknown	Farrar

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