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8 results for SHSH from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Dec 12, 1968	64A	Soothing sounds.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed May 5, 1965	1A	Be quiet!	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Jul 25, 1961	1D	Curtain-raising sound effect.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed May 31, 1961	1D	Curtain-going-up sounds.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue May 17, 1960	8D	"Keep quiet!"	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Oct 3, 1958	67A	Soothing sounds.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar
Wed Nov 21, 1956	6A	Keep quiet!	Madeline Corse	Farrar
Sun Aug 23, 1953	143D	"___! The curtain's up."	Albert Carroll	Farrar

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