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1 result for FOOTHOLD from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Mar 29, 2005	32A	Secure position	Victor Fleming and Nelson Hardy	Shortz

4 results for FOOTHOLD from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Jul 21, 1972	50A	Secure position	Unknown	Weng
Sun Jul 24, 1966	98A	Beachhead.	William A. Lewis, Jr.	Farrar
Sun Dec 23, 1956	102D	Secure position.	Herbert Ettenson	Farrar
Tue Sep 21, 1954	10D	Basis for operation.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar

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