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5 results for COXCOMB from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Aug 6, 1974	32D	Fop	William Lutwiniak	Weng
Thu Jan 7, 1965	7D	Jester's cap.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed May 29, 1963	4D	Fop.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Aug 27, 1961	84A	Fop.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar
Sat Feb 12, 1955	10D	Jester's cap.	S. A. Kay	Farrar

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