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1 result for FORTRESSES from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Aug 26, 2004	3D	Strongholds	Stella Daily and Bruce Venzke	Shortz

1 result for FORTRESSES from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Jan 23, 2022	Cryptic	29A	They provide protection for long hair (10)	Richard Silvestri	Shortz

4 results for FORTRESSES from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Jul 26, 1969	18A	Strongholds.	Unknown	Weng
Tue Nov 27, 1956	28D	Flying ___.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jul 25, 1943	128A	They wing their way to Victory.	Howard O. Smith	Farrar
Sun Oct 4, 1942	17D	U. S. bombing planes.	Sam Levine	Farrar

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