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4 results for ERGATES from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Sep 11, 1972	15D	Worker ants	Unknown	Weng
Fri Nov 22, 1957	59A	Worker, as an ant or bee.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun May 14, 1950	27A	Worker type of insect.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Sun Aug 15, 1948	17D	Worker: Zool.	P. J. Lamanna	Farrar

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