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5 results for LICTOR from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Jul 9, 1971	43A	Officer in old Rome	Unknown	Weng
Sun Jul 2, 1961	104A	Roman official.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar
Sat Mar 26, 1960	5D	Bearer of the fasces in ancient Rome.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri May 30, 1958	4D	Roman magistrate's attendant.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Mon Apr 26, 1954	19D	Fasces bearer in ancient Rome.	John de Cuevas	Farrar

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