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10 results for DETENTS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Oct 27, 1990	39A	Movement-locking catches of clocks	Nancy Joline	Maleska
Sun Jul 24, 1983	26A	Typewriter parts	Stanley Glass	Maleska
Tue Aug 4, 1964	55A	Clicks or pawls.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jun 23, 1963	87A	Pawls.	W. E. Jones	Farrar
Sun Aug 19, 1962	125A	Catch mechanisms.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Wed Feb 4, 1959	5D	Catches, in machinery.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Sun Jun 29, 1958	56D	Catches.	A. H. Drummond Jr.	Farrar
Sun Aug 9, 1953	110D	Pawls.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Sun Feb 1, 1953	71D	Pawls.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar
Tue Apr 3, 1951	43D	Ratchet-wheel pins.	Unknown	Farrar

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