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1 result for ENCES from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Apr 13, 2003	49A	Suffixes with depend and differ	Charles Deber	Shortz

17 results for ENCES from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Jan 30, 1991	8D	Endings for differ and prefer	Arthur W. Palmer	Maleska
Fri Jul 17, 1987	50A	Suffixes for differ and confer	Dorothea E. Shipp	Maleska
Tue Mar 11, 1986	39A	Suffixes with depend and insist	H. Hastings Reddall	Maleska
Sun Nov 18, 1984	81D	Noun endings	George P. Sphicas	Maleska
Thu Jul 8, 1982	28D	Noun suffixes	Arthur M. Whelan	Maleska
Sun Jul 30, 1978	12D	Suffixes with refer and defer	Jordan S. Lasher	Maleska
Tue Jun 21, 1977	32D	Endings for prefer and differ	Maura B. Jacobson	Maleska
Fri Dec 3, 1976	43A	Noun suffixes	George Raventos	Weng
Sun Dec 29, 1974	145A	Noun suffixes	Frances Hansen	Weng
Sun Jul 26, 1970	109A	Noun suffixes	Adelyn Lewis	Weng
Sat Jan 3, 1970	1D	Suffixes with differ and confer	Unknown	Weng
Sun Aug 20, 1967	18D	Noun suffixes.	Sidney Lambert	Farrar
Thu Jun 17, 1965	23D	Noun endings.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Apr 19, 1962	61A	Plural noun suffix.	Sidney Lambert	Farrar
Sun Dec 17, 1961	59D	Noun suffixes.	Sidney Lambert	Farrar
Fri Nov 10, 1961	67A	Noun suffixes.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Jul 22, 1954	42D	Noun suffixes.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar

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