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8 results for HESTS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Nov 7, 1976	140A	Orders, of old	Nancy W. Atkinson	Weng
Tue Nov 3, 1959	43A	Orders, old style.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jun 30, 1957	138A	Orders: Archaic.	W. E. Jones	Farrar
Thu May 31, 1956	50D	Commands: Archaic.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Wed Sep 15, 1954	52D	Commands: Archaic.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Sun Sep 13, 1953	24D	Orders: Archaic.	Jules Arensberg	Farrar
Sun Nov 7, 1948	48A	Commands: Arch.	P. J. Lamanna	Farrar
Sun Apr 25, 1943	154A	Commands.	Hugh P. Evans	Farrar

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