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10 results for FESSE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Aug 1, 1974	65A	Heraldic band	Sara V. Tuckerman	Weng
Fri Jan 5, 1973	13D	Heraldic band	Unknown	Weng
Fri Oct 17, 1969	34D	Escutcheon band.	Unknown	Weng
Wed Oct 9, 1968	12D	Heraldic band.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Oct 20, 1967	50D	Heraldic bar.	William Lutwiniak	Farrar
Thu Dec 1, 1966	5D	Escutcheon band.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat Jun 17, 1961	3D	Band on an escutcheon.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jun 7, 1959	50D	Heraldic band.	Charles C. Allen	Farrar
Thu Oct 29, 1953	39A	Horizontal band in an escutcheon.	Marian Moeser	Farrar
Sun Jul 12, 1942	132D	Horizontal band in heraldry.	Alvin Ashby	Farrar

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