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4 results for DETAINER from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Dec 25, 1980	4D	Writ sought by a warden	C. J. Angio	Maleska
Wed Jun 7, 1967	39A	Writ for holding a prisoner.	M. S. Manning	Farrar
Sat Nov 24, 1956	4D	Writ for continued custody.	Herbert Ettenson	Farrar
Sun Jul 21, 1946	59D	Legal writ.	Louis Shields	Farrar

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