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1 result for SPEARHEAD from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author
Fri Nov 15, 1996	1A	Lead	R. Norris

1 result for SPEARHEAD from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author
Jun 2, 2019	Cryptic	29A	Fruit the man put into blue van (9)	Richard Silvestri

4 results for SPEARHEAD from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Dec 12, 1992	6D	Lead an attack	Stanley B. Whitten	Maleska
Wed Aug 23, 1967	38A	Military group in the van.	Leonard Sussman	Farrar
Wed Jul 29, 1959	54A	Leading person in an endeavor.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jul 21, 1946	58A	Forefront of an attack.	Louis Shields	Farrar

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