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4 results for WHALEN from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Apr 13, 1969	109D	Onetime N. Y. greeter Grover	Peter E. Price	Weng
Fri Oct 19, 1951	46D	New York City's official greeter of V. I. P.'s.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Mar 29, 1951	1A	Coordinator in Civil Defense in New York.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jul 6, 1947	1A	Dapper Grover ___, Gotham's official greeter.	P. J. Lamanna	Farrar

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