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6 results for BASTILE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Oct 17, 1955	36A	Small fortress of olden times.	Martin L. Keen	Farrar
Thu Jul 29, 1954	41D	Small fortress.	H. L. Risteen	Farrar
Sun May 17, 1953	14A	Small fortress.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Mon Oct 13, 1952	36D	A small fortress.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Oct 17, 1950	63A	Small fortress.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jul 4, 1948	109A	Castle razed at Porte St. Antoine, Paris.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar

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