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5 results for TOPMAN from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun May 31, 1987	92D	Sailor stationed aloft	Warren W. Reich	Maleska
Wed May 19, 1965	4D	The boss.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jan 31, 1965	14A	High-grade executive.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Sat Feb 21, 1959	41D	Chief or boss.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar
Sun Jan 31, 1954	78A	Ike, for instance.	Israel Gitter	Farrar

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