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2 results for BESIEGE from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Nov 26, 2011	21A	Swarm	Brad Wilber	Shortz
Sat Jun 5, 2010	57A	Overwhelm, as with requests	Samuel A. Donaldson	Shortz

5 results for BESIEGE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat May 9, 1992	18A	Emulate Grant at Vicksburg	Bernard Meren	Maleska
Fri Jul 13, 1990	38A	Overwhelm	Michael A. Rampino	Maleska
Thu Jun 17, 1965	57A	Crowd around.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Jun 6, 1963	9D	Hem in.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jul 14, 1946	62D	Beset.	Harriot T. Cooke	Farrar

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