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14 results for DORCAS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Sep 14, 1993	8D	N.T. maker of clothing for the poor	Dorothy Elliott	Taub
Sun Dec 22, 1991	56D	Biblical seamstress	John M. Samson	Maleska
Sat Feb 23, 1991	43D	Biblical seamstress	Ronald C. Hirschfeld	Maleska
Sat Dec 11, 1982	29D	Biblical helper of the poor	William Canine	Maleska
Sun Jun 28, 1981	99D	Biblical seamstress	Anne Fox	Maleska
Tue Aug 12, 1980	5D	Woman of Joppa: Acts 9:36	Joy L. Wouk	Maleska
Sat Mar 24, 1979	30A	She sewed for the poor	Jean Reed	Maleska
Mon Jan 31, 1977	42D	Biblical sewer	Martha J. DeWitt	Weng
Sun Oct 21, 1962	30D	Biblical seamstress.	Ralph Anderson	Farrar
Wed Sep 30, 1959	49D	Tabitha of the Bible.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun May 8, 1955	37A	She sewed for the poor.	Alice Cook	Farrar
Mon Apr 20, 1953	46D	Girl's name meaning gazelle.	Maxwell D. Gunther	Farrar
Sun Sep 28, 1952	85A	She made coats for widows.	Evelyn E. Smith	Farrar
Sun Nov 29, 1942	125D	Shepherdess in "Winter's Tale."	Willard N. Jordan	Farrar

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