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1 result for DEACONS from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author
Tue Jun 4, 2002	28A	Priests' subordinates	Matthew J. Koceich

3 results for DEACONS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Jun 29, 1985	29D	Church officers	Gayle Dean	Maleska
Fri Dec 21, 1979	50A	Church officers	Louise Earnest	Maleska
Mon Mar 26, 1951	42D	Temporal officers of a church.	J. F. Kelly	Farrar

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