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4 results for DESPICABLE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Oct 25, 1982	29D	Adjective for Bill Sikes	Bob Berman	Maleska
Thu Feb 24, 1966	34A	Worthy of keen disapprobation.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Dec 15, 1960	17A	Base.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon Dec 8, 1958	45A	Contemptible.	Helen Fasulo	Farrar

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