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7 results for HECT from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Jul 5, 1992	38D	Hundred: Comb. form	Wilson McBeath	Maleska
Tue May 9, 1967	46D	A hundred: Prefix.	Helen Fasulo	Farrar
Thu Jun 3, 1965	59D	Hundred: Prefix.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Apr 12, 1964	76D	A hundred: Prefix.	Mary Grow	Farrar
Fri Sep 29, 1961	1D	A hundred: Prefix.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jun 16, 1957	9D	Hundred: Comb. form.	C. Hume Craft	Farrar
Sun Mar 10, 1957	37A	A hundred: Comb. form.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar

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