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5 results for SWIFTS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Mar 26, 1986	5D	Birds or lizards	Larry Goldhirsch	Maleska
Tue Sep 10, 1963	43A	Swallowlike birds.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon Feb 11, 1957	31A	Sooty-brown birds.	Helen Bernard	Farrar
Sun Sep 12, 1954	63D	Sooty-brown birds.	Ruth H. Oliver	Farrar
Wed Feb 10, 1954	9D	Sooty-brown birds.	Marian Moeser	Farrar

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