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6 results for ENTOIL from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Nov 29, 1971	43A	Hold, as in a trap	Unknown	Weng
Thu Aug 11, 1966	4D	Ensnare.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jul 29, 1962	2D	Ensnare.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar
Thu May 20, 1954	5D	Take by craft.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Oct 7, 1945	15D	Ensnare.	P. J. Lamanna	Farrar
Sun Aug 13, 1944	117A	Trap.	Willard N. Jordan	Farrar

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