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3 results for CURTAINRAISER from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun May 10, 1981	1D	Preliminary skit	Jeanette K. Brill	Maleska
Sun Oct 19, 1969	16D	Animal act, usually	Nancy Schuster	Weng
Sun Aug 19, 1962	39D	Opening gun.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar

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