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1 result for SHORTER from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Jan 29, 1998	34D	More succinct	Frances Hansen	Shortz

9 results for SHORTER from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Oct 21, 1990	60A	Marathon winner: 1972 Olympics	Phyllis Fehringer	Maleska
Sat Jul 28, 1984	5D	Marathon gold medalist: 1972	John M. Samson	Maleska
Sun Feb 26, 1978	6D	U.S. marathon runner	Kenneth Haxton	Maleska
Sun Dec 17, 1972	45A	More concise	Anthony Morse	Weng
Wed May 5, 1971	9D	More pithy	Unknown	Weng
Mon Aug 12, 1968	23D	Less verbose.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Apr 1, 1952	4D	Not as tall as Long John Silver.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jul 15, 1951	111A	Founder of The London Sketch, 1893.	Herbert Ettenson	Farrar
Sun Oct 17, 1948	93D	Briefer.	Louis Jenkins	Farrar

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