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1 result for DESPOIL from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Sep 23, 2000	12D	Sack	Rich Norris	Shortz

4 results for DESPOIL from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Jan 9, 1977	62D	Pillage	Stanley A. Kurzban	Weng
Sat Nov 30, 1957	40D	Pillage.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Apr 7, 1946	18D	Pillage.	Lester Keene	Farrar
Sun Dec 16, 1945	34A	Pillage.	Louis Jenkins	Farrar

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