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1 result for ENCAGES from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sep 16, 2001	Diagramless	48D	Locks up	Peter Gordon	Shortz

4 results for ENCAGES from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Dec 13, 1959	129A	Confines.	A. H. Drummond Jr.	Farrar
Sat Oct 20, 1951	23D	Shuts up.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Aug 29, 1948	28A	Confines in an enclosure.	Charles Cross	Farrar
Sun Jan 18, 1948	50D	Places in a zoo.	Louis Jenkins	Farrar

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