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8 results for NEREIS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Nov 25, 1975	44D	Sea nymph	Sidney L. Robbins	Weng
Sun Dec 12, 1965	101D	Daughter of a sea god: Lat.	Sidney Lambert	Farrar
Mon Jun 11, 1962	63A	Sea nymph: Lat.	Louis Sabin	Farrar
Sun Sep 30, 1956	3D	Water nymph.	Charles E. Gersch	Farrar
Thu May 7, 1953	14D	Sea nymph.	Bernice Gordon	Farrar
Sun Aug 13, 1950	144A	Sea nymph.	Elizabeth Patterson	Farrar
Sun Dec 12, 1948	26A	Greek sea nymph.	Harold P. Furth	Farrar
Sun Aug 29, 1948	94A	Sea nymph.	Charles Cross	Farrar

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