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9 results for BESTRIDE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun May 16, 1982	99D	Straddle	A. J. Santora	Maleska
Mon Apr 12, 1982	4D	Straddle	Robert Katz	Maleska
Sun Apr 18, 1976	88D	Tower over	Hume R. Craft	Weng
Fri Feb 13, 1976	36A	Mount	Elio Desiderio	Weng
Sun May 9, 1971	36A	Dominate	Marian Pearce	Weng
Sun Jan 31, 1965	50D	Straddle.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Thu Nov 5, 1953	34D	Stand over.	J. F. Kelly	Farrar
Fri Aug 1, 1952	36D	"He doth ___ the narrow world like a Colossus."	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Oct 22, 1950	13D	Stand over.	Eugene Maleska	Farrar

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