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4 results for DESERVES from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Dec 2, 1991	36D	Merits	Albert J. Klaus	Maleska
Sat May 5, 1979	6D	"None but the brave ___ the fair": Dryden	Raymond F. Eisner	Maleska
Tue Jun 15, 1976	9D	Rates	Evelyn Benshoof	Weng
Mon Jun 4, 1956	5D	Merits.	Madeline Corse	Farrar

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