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8 results for CERATES from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Mar 29, 1991	42D	Ointments	Dorothea E. Shipp	Maleska
Tue Nov 17, 1970	43A	Waxes	Unknown	Weng
Sun Apr 4, 1965	108D	Wax salves.	Will C. Weng	Farrar
Sun Aug 31, 1958	126A	Waxy ointments.	W. E. Jones	Farrar
Sun Sep 22, 1957	62A	Waxy preparations.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Sun Jul 18, 1954	120A	Waxy unguents.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Tue Aug 5, 1952	14D	Ointments.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Mar 25, 1951	61D	Unguents.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar

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