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5 results for STRAKES from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Sep 29, 1985	118D	Hull planking bands	Bert Rosenfield	Maleska
Sat Feb 6, 1965	20A	Lines of planking on ships.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Apr 3, 1960	100A	Lines of planking on a ship.	Tom Mixon	Farrar
Mon Sep 2, 1957	6D	Lines of planking on a ship.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar
Sun Jan 20, 1957	142A	Boat's outside planks.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar

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