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12 results for TANIS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Feb 10, 1991	24A	Ancient city of Egypt	Bette Sue Cohen	Maleska
Wed Jul 11, 1990	67A	Ancient Nile-delta city	Betty Jorgensen	Maleska
Fri Oct 23, 1987	8D	Ancient city of Egypt	Gloria Evans	Maleska
Fri Mar 8, 1985	44D	Ancient city of Egypt	William Canine	Maleska
Sun Jan 3, 1982	78D	Ancient Egyptian city	E.T.M.	Maleska
Sat Aug 11, 1973	2D	Ancient city of Egypt	Unknown	Weng
Tue Sep 9, 1969	59A	Ancient city of Egypt.	Unknown	Weng
Thu Sep 16, 1965	21D	City in the Nile delta.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Jul 14, 1960	41A	Ancient city in Nile delta.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon May 6, 1957	18D	Ancient city in Egypt.	Walt Clark	Farrar
Fri Jan 9, 1953	24A	Ancient capital of Egypt.	Henry A. Wolfe	Farrar
Sun Feb 10, 1946	19D	Ruined city in Nile delta.	C. L. Cross	Farrar

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