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New York Times, Friday, February 17, 2006

Author:
Trip Payne
Editor:
Will Shortz
34-Down : Sets off
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
464/10/19948/3/20211
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1034463133
RebusCircleScrabblePGramFresh
421.53160%
Trip Payne

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 30 Missing: {HJQZ} This is puzzle # 30 for Mr. Payne. Friday freshness: 73%
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© 2006, The New York Times2/17/6 ( No. 20,555 )
Across
1
Royal protection : CASTLEGATES
12
Swift quality : WIT
15
Vitamin C, e.g. : ANTIOXIDANT
16
"Another Green World" musician : ENO
17
1990's White House chief of staff : LEONPANETTA
18
Largest U.S. youth org. : BSA
19
Certain connection makers : MODEMS
20
Gets the word out? : ERASES
22
Whom auditors audit : FILERS
23
Remiss : DERELICT
25
Hangouts : LAIRS
26
Spherical cereal : KIX
27
Little jingle : DITTY
28
Custom : USE
29
Representation of tuning fork sounds : SINEWAVES
31
List : ENUMERATE
33
Route markers : MILEPOSTS
35
RR place : STN
38
Infrangible : RIGID
39
Directory data: Abbr. : NOS
40
Solara, for one : CAMRY
42
Friend of "Ralphie boy" : EDNORTON
44
Words of resignation : SOBEIT
45
Person who's authorized to shorten a sentence : EDITOR
46
Former New York senator : DAMATO
47
Tanning need : VAT
48
Alternative to eBay : RUMMAGESALE
52
Sight seer : EYE
53
1996 Emmy-winning role in a sitcom : ELAINEBENES
54
Lottery-running org. : SSS
55
Game that involves opening a door : MYSTERYDATE
Down
1
Political columnist Thomas : CAL
2
Lacks of energy : ANEMIAS
3
One who sings but maybe shouldn't : STOOLIE
4
Inflammatory stuff : TINDER
5
Runners : LOPERS
6
What cribs are used for : EXAMS
7
Array on a bar shelf : GINS
8
It's fruit-flavored : ADE
9
Inked art, for short : TAT
10
Key word : ENTER
11
Steadily took in : STAREDAT
12
It always has a home : WEBSITE
13
Raid targets : INSECTS
14
Warmed by the fire : TOASTY
21
Animate : ALIVE
22
Bird ___ : FLU
23
Consumes with flair : DINESON
24
Puts forth : EXERTS
26
It literally means "thing to wear" : KIMONO
29
Slangy greeting : SUP
30
Verb for a historian : WAS
31
Victorian-era novelist : ELIOT
32
Indiana-born composer/writer : NEDROREM
33
Busy times at fast-food restaurants : MIDDAYS
34
Sets off : IGNITES
35
Composer of the opera "Brandenburgers in Bohemia" : SMETANA
36
Eight-line verse form : TRIOLET
37
Newspaper inits. since 1851 : NYT
38
Former Falcons coach Dan : REEVES
40
Acquire : COMEBY
41
Put down : ABASED
43
Word immediately preceding some signatures : TRULY
44
More like a swami : SAGER
46
The Great ___ (Victor Borge's nickname) : DANE
49
Some Eng. majors get them : MAS
50
Alma mater of NPR's Tom and Ray Magliozzi: Abbr. : MIT
51
Storm dir. : ESE

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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