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3 total results for DECEPTIVE
3 results for
DECEPTIVE
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puzzles:
Date
Grid
Clue
Author
Editor
Mon Feb 9, 1970
37D
Misleading
Unknown
Weng
Mon Oct 25, 1954
21A
Misleading.
M. S. Manning
Farrar
Sun Nov 3, 1946
62A
Describes the Black Knight's manner: Ivanhoe.
Thomas Meekin
Farrar
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