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3 results for DESTO from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Oct 17, 1986	50D	Sprightly, in music	Sam Bellotto, Jr.	Maleska
Sat Apr 26, 1986	69A	Lively, in Livorno	Jim Page	Maleska
Sun Aug 25, 1946	135A	Brisk, lively: Music.	L. K. Peters	Farrar

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