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6 results for ANSES from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Apr 1, 1979	13D	Handles, in Le Havre	Caroline G. Fitzgerald	Maleska
Thu Dec 8, 1977	62A	French handles	Dorothea E. Shipp	Maleska
Sun Aug 24, 1975	63D	French handles	Jim Page	Weng
Sun Dec 20, 1970	145A	Handles: Fr.	Anne Fox	Weng
Sun Sep 27, 1964	61A	Handles: Fr.	W. A. Lewis, Jr.	Farrar
Sun Jul 1, 1962	75A	Handles: Fr.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar

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