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5 results for NESTY from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Jan 6, 1988	53D	Abounding in birds' homes	Wilson McBeath	Maleska
Thu Apr 23, 1987	22A	Like aviaries	William Canine	Maleska
Thu Feb 1, 1951	30D	Full of nidi.	Robert Hegler	Farrar
Thu Dec 28, 1950	46A	Nidatory.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed Nov 8, 1950	19A	Nidatory.	Unknown	Farrar

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