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18 results for BONIN from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Apr 19, 1985	25D	___ Islands, south of Tokyo	William Lutwiniak	Maleska
Fri Dec 21, 1984	41D	Japan's ___ Islands	Patterson Pepple	Maleska
Sat May 1, 1982	42D	Japan's ___ Islands	Timothy Hoy	Maleska
Sun Mar 16, 1975	67A	Pacific islands	Ruth N. Schultz	Weng
Sat Jan 11, 1969	51D	W. Pacific island group.	Unknown	Weng
Sun Aug 13, 1961	67A	Island group SE of Honshu.	Mel Taub	Farrar
Sun Jun 19, 1960	54A	W. Pacific islands.	Sidney Lambert	Farrar
Thu Jun 23, 1955	27A	Island group SE of Japan.	S. A. Kay	Farrar
Tue Oct 5, 1954	27A	Island group south of Tokyo.	Sidney Lambert	Farrar
Sat Sep 26, 1953	23D	Island group near Japan.	Israel Gitter	Farrar
Fri Jul 17, 1953	39A	Island group SE of Honshu.	Marian Moeser	Farrar
Sun Aug 13, 1950	125A	Island group, where Chichi Jima is.	Elizabeth Patterson	Farrar
Sun Aug 17, 1947	84A	Ogasawarajima Islands.	Waldo Ranson	Farrar
Sun Jul 13, 1947	80D	Island group near Japan.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar
Sun Dec 1, 1946	123D	Pacific island group.	S. K. Fliegner	Farrar
Sun Aug 19, 1945	84D	Jap islands near Iwo.	P. J. Lamanna	Farrar
Sun May 6, 1945	84A	Island group near the Volcanos.	C. W. Cross	Farrar
Sun Dec 31, 1944	129A	Island group on road to Tokyo.	Agnes Cook	Farrar

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