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1 result for APPELS from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat May 27, 2000	32A	Fencers' feints	Robert H. Wolfe	Shortz

4 results for APPELS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Jun 13, 1967	52A	Foot taps in fencing.	Betty Leary	Farrar
Tue May 5, 1959	47D	Taps of the foot, in fencing.	Melville P. Liverance	Farrar
Sun Feb 17, 1957	53A	Foot signals, in fencing.	W. E. Jones	Farrar
Sun Feb 8, 1953	98D	Stamps of the foot, in fencing.	Alice Cook	Farrar

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