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13 results for ABATIS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Jun 14, 1991	41D	Barricade	Patterson Pepple	Maleska
Thu Aug 1, 1974	47D	Defensive barrier	Sara V. Tuckerman	Weng
Mon Nov 19, 1973	16A	Barricade	Unknown	Weng
Thu Aug 30, 1973	6D	Barbed-wire obstacle	Unknown	Weng
Sun Oct 22, 1972	1A	Defensive device	Frank Nosoff	Weng
Wed Dec 1, 1971	16A	Defensive obstacle	Unknown	Weng
Sun Nov 14, 1971	1A	Defensive barricade	Thomas Sheehan	Weng
Thu May 19, 1966	54A	Defense formed of felled trees.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed Apr 8, 1953	8A	Military obstacle of felled trees.	Bernice Gordon	Farrar
Sun Feb 15, 1948	107A	Defense formed by felled trees.	P. J. Lamanna	Farrar
Sun Dec 10, 1944	38A	Fort of felled trees.	L. K. Peters	Farrar
Sun Jan 16, 1944	28A	Military obstruction of felled trees.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Sun Aug 29, 1943	63A	Military obstruction of felled trees.	William Schopp	Farrar

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