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4 results for SHOPTALK from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Aug 31, 2001	38D	Co-workers' gab	Elizabeth C. Gorski	Shortz
Sat Apr 19, 1997	1A	Happy hour patter, perhaps	Rich Norris	Shortz
Sat Jan 11, 1997	32D	Plant exchanges	R. Norris	Shortz
Fri Dec 31, 1993	4D	Work discussion	Norman S. Wizer	Shortz

7 results for SHOPTALK from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Oct 15, 1987	10D	Party chatter, sometimes	William Canine	Maleska
Thu Oct 24, 1968	4D	Conversation of a kind.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Sep 15, 1966	35D	Business conversation.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Oct 27, 1964	40D	Conversation of a sort.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Jun 23, 1964	38A	Jargon of a sort.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat Jul 30, 1960	10D	Businessman's lunch conversation.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat Aug 9, 1958	9D	Madison Avenue conversation.	Sidney Lambert	Farrar

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