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5 results for CONGES from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Sep 5, 1976	70D	Dismissals	Cornelia Warriner	Weng
Fri Dec 8, 1967	22A	Curt dismissals.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Feb 15, 1959	77A	Dismissals.	W. E. Jones	Farrar
Mon Mar 19, 1951	43D	Unceremonious dismissals.	Leonard Goldberg	Farrar
Mon Sep 11, 1950	44A	Unceremonious dismissals.	Unknown	Farrar

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