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8 results for NORIAS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat May 25, 1991	49D	Water wheels	Ernie Furtado	Maleska
Fri Dec 21, 1979	12A	Oriental water wheels	Louise Earnest	Maleska
Sun Jul 2, 1978	124D	Persian water wheels	Anne Fox	Maleska
Sun Jul 15, 1973	32A	Persian wheels	George Rose Smith	Weng
Sat Sep 28, 1963	48D	River water wheels.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Feb 11, 1951	8A	Water-raising wheels.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Sun Jun 17, 1945	92D	Water wheels.	P. J. Lamanna	Farrar
Sun Aug 30, 1942	82A	Water wheels constructed of buckets.	Louis Jenkins	Farrar

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