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1 result for TMESIS from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author
May 1, 2005	Acrostic	L	Insertion of words between parts of a compound, as in "fan-bloody-tastic"	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon

4 results for TMESIS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Oct 18, 1990	25A	"What place soever," e.g.	Arthur W. Palmer	Maleska
Fri May 4, 1990	18D	Compound-word separation	Walter Covell	Maleska
Sun Aug 17, 1986	64D	Compound-word separation	Alfio Micci	Maleska
Fri Jun 20, 1975	41A	Separation of a compound word	Jordan S. Lasher	Weng

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