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5 results for UNESSENTIAL from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Jan 4, 1956	54A	Not of great importance.	Helen Fasulo	Farrar
Sun Apr 18, 1948	75A	Not intrinsically requisite.	Louis Baron	Farrar
Sun Mar 30, 1947	84A	Not indispensable.	Louis Jenkins	Farrar
Sun Sep 20, 1942	134A	Not of emergency importance.	Louis Shields	Farrar
Sun Feb 22, 1942	17D	Describing spending not done in wartime.	Louis Jenkins	Farrar

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