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2 results for NEILSON from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Dec 19, 2009	34D	Roger who coached eight different N.H.L. teams	Tyler Hinman and Byron Walden	Shortz
Fri Oct 11, 2002	61A	Lexicographer William Allan ___	A. J. Santora	Shortz

4 results for NEILSON from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Oct 20, 1991	111D	U.S. lexicographer-educator: 1869-1946	Calista Luminati	Maleska
Mon Sep 11, 1950	36A	President of Smith College, 1917-39.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Mar 30, 1947	100D	Former president of Smith College.	Louis Jenkins	Farrar
Sun May 5, 1946	66A	President of Smith College; Editor-in-Chief of Webster dictionaries (1869-1946).	P. J. Lamanna	Farrar

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