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4 results for FESSES from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Sep 26, 2018	68A	Owns (up to)	Melinda Gates and Joel Fagliano	Shortz
Fri Mar 31, 2017	45D	Spills it, with "up"	David C. Duncan Dekker	Shortz
Sun Feb 6, 2005	48D	Comes clean, with "up"	Joel Kaplow	Shortz
Tue Jan 20, 2004	68A	Admits, with "up"	Eric Berlin	Shortz

3 results for FESSES from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Oct 19, 1990	46A	___ up (admits, for short)	Jean M. Hunt	Maleska
Sun Jun 14, 1964	106D	Heraldic bands.	Anthony Morse	Farrar
Sat Feb 17, 1962	32A	Heraldic bands.	Aida Cromwell	Farrar

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