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4 results for HANCE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Oct 2, 1988	42D	Type of arch	Judson G. Trent	Maleska
Sun Jul 15, 1984	62A	Small arch	Peter Swift	Maleska
Sat Sep 27, 1975	30D	Small arch	H. Hastings Reddall	Weng
Sun Apr 23, 1950	4D	Small arch: Arch.	Elizabeth Patterson	Farrar

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