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5 results for TONSURES from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Dec 1, 1974	41A	Clerical haircuts	George Madrid	Weng
Fri Jun 20, 1969	37D	Haircuts.	Unknown	Weng
Fri Jan 20, 1967	48A	Clerical haircuts.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon Jun 6, 1955	5D	Monastic haircuts.	Sidney Lambert	Farrar
Sun Aug 19, 1945	16D	Shaves head of.	P. J. Lamanna	Farrar

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