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1 result for DESCENDER from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Oct 7, 2001	Acrostic	Y	Character written partially below a line, like "g" or "y"	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

2 results for DESCENDER from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Jun 20, 1980	36D	Orpheus, in search of Eurydice	Tap Osborn	Maleska
Sun Feb 20, 1955	74D	Line below the main part of type.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar

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