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3 results for NECESSITY from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Oct 11, 2020	Acrostic	F	Fort ____, where Colonel George Washington led (and lost) his first battle	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz
Jul 7, 2019	Acrostic	G	Idiomatically famous mother	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz
Apr 4, 2004	Acrostic	C	Something that might be bare	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

3 results for NECESSITY from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Wed May 6, 1987	60A	The mother of invention	Kay Sullivan	Maleska
Sat Nov 9, 1974	57A	Penna. fort of 1754 attack	Anthony B. Canning	Weng
Sun Dec 2, 1945	109A	Urgent need.	Alberta N. Burton	Farrar

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