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4 results for DESS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed Nov 19, 1975	46D	Stack, in England	Sophie Fierman	Weng
Sun Nov 21, 1971	47D	Ledge, in Britain	Bert Beaman	Weng
Sun Feb 18, 1951	124D	Heap: Scot.	Louis Baron	Farrar
Sun Oct 24, 1948	115A	Heap: Scot.	Alberta Burton	Farrar

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