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5 results for SHAMO from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Jul 29, 1963	6D	Chinese name of Gobi desert.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jan 3, 1960	43D	Gobi desert: Chinese name.	Sidney Lambert	Farrar
Sun Nov 23, 1952	126D	Chinese name of the Gobi.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Sun Jul 31, 1949	38D	Chinese name for Gobi Desert.	Max Geist	Farrar
Sun Apr 25, 1948	11D	Chinese name for Gobi Desert.	Willard N. Jordan	Farrar

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