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5 results for MESSALA from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Jul 2, 1987	39A	Ben Hur's betrayer	Dorothy Smitonick	Maleska
Thu Feb 5, 1987	26A	False friend of Ben Hur	Dorothy Smitonick	Maleska
Fri May 18, 1984	25D	Ben Hur's foe	Eugene T. Maleska	Maleska
Tue Dec 21, 1965	7D	Ben Hur's false friend.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Mar 23, 1952	110D	Ben Hur's false friend.	W. E. Jones	Farrar

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