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4 results for PLODDER from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Sep 15, 1989	41D	Hard-working, so-so student	Rhonda Kraus	Maleska
Sun Jun 5, 1966	41A	Hard worker.	Hume R. Craft	Farrar
Mon Aug 10, 1964	10D	Slow worker.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Jul 8, 1960	17A	Drudge.	Unknown	Farrar

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