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3 results for PRESIDE from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Aug 21, 2004	13D	Officiate	Patrick Berry	Shortz
Mon May 6, 1996	36D	Have the chair (2)	N. Steinberg	Shortz
Tue Apr 19, 1994	40A	Have the chair (2)	Bob Sefick	Shortz

1 result for PRESIDE from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Feb 3, 2019	Acrostic	S	Act in the role of a chair	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

13 results for PRESIDE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Nov 6, 1989	41D	Occupy the chair	William S. McIlrath	Maleska
Sun Feb 12, 1989	11D	Chair	June A. Boggs	Maleska
Sat Sep 27, 1986	50A	Chair	Daniel Girardi	Maleska
Tue May 27, 1986	45A	Wield the gavel	James R. Burns	Maleska
Fri Jan 20, 1984	12A	Chair a meeting	Joe Clonick	Maleska
Tue May 19, 1981	53A	Sit in authority	Nancy McCarthy	Maleska
Fri Jul 8, 1977	39A	Chair a meeting	Young	Maleska
Tue Sep 26, 1972	31A	Sit on the dais	Unknown	Weng
Sun Oct 29, 1967	18D	Chair.	Hume Craft	Farrar
Mon Oct 28, 1963	29D	Chair.	Jean Reed	Farrar
Mon Oct 9, 1961	39D	Occupy the chair.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Dec 10, 1959	39D	Act as chairman.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon Jul 18, 1955	4D	Chair a meeting.	Fletcher Coates	Farrar

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