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2 results for DIVESTS from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Mar 7, 2015	24D	Strips of land, say	David C. Duncan Dekker	Shortz
Sun Jun 2, 2002	80A	Strips	Frank Longo	Shortz

8 results for DIVESTS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Dec 29, 1991	99D	Strips, in a way	Peter Gordon	Maleska
Fri Jun 28, 1985	53A	Disencumbers	Rhonda Kraus	Maleska
Mon Jan 25, 1982	40D	Gets rid of	Samuel H. Barkan	Maleska
Sun Dec 3, 1978	34D	Strips	Alfio Micci	Maleska
Sun Nov 29, 1964	47A	Dispossesses.	Jules Arensberg and Herbert Ettenson	Farrar
Fri Feb 12, 1960	24A	Deprives (of rank, rights, etc.)	Unknown	Farrar
Mon Feb 11, 1957	39D	Unfrocks.	Helen Bernard	Farrar
Wed May 7, 1952	60A	Deprives of anything.	Unknown	Farrar

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