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New York Times, Friday, May 25, 2012

Author:
Brendan Emmett Quigley
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
33-Down : Points in the direction of
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
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531.631,16472%
Brendan Emmett Quigley

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 28 Missing: {WX} This is puzzle # 154 for Mr. Quigley. Friday freshness: 92%
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© 2012, The New York Times5/25/12 ( No. 22,844 )
Across
1
Finery : REGALIA
8
Key for someone with 20/20 vision? : CSHARP
14
Audit targets : EVADERS
15
Concluding syllables : ULTIMAS
16
Take at an opportune time : SEIZEON
17
Grooms : NEATENS
18
Modern chemistry experiment? : INTERNETDATING
20
End of a dictionary : ZEES
21
"The Scarperer" author : BEHAN
22
"Ciao" : TATA
24
"The cautious seldom ___": Confucius : ERR
25
Teary : SADEYED
27
___ Fields : MRS
28
Winter ailment, informally : STREP
29
Get dressed for a party, say : DUDEUP
31
52-Down unit : ISSUE
34
One who's blue, for short? : DEM
36
Poison ivy and others : VINES
37
Herb that causes euphoria : CATNIP
39
2022 World Cup host : QATAR
41
Threshold : EVE
42
Raw : NATURAL
44
Lead character in Larry McMurtry's "Lonesome Dove" : GUS
47
Many a "Twilight" fan : TEEN
49
Stick for a kite : ROOST
50
Bankrupted : SUNK
51
It might be covered by an umbrella : FROZENDAIQUIRI
54
"Aladdin" princess : JASMINE
55
Remove spots from : LAUNDER
56
Compass divisions : OCTANTS
57
Most slapstick : INANEST
58
Showcases of rock bands? : GEODES
59
Ones who are hurting? : SADISTS
Down
1
Blow up, maybe : RESIZE
2
Fix for a wobbly table : EVENER
3
Boot cover : GAITER
4
Carving tools : ADZES
5
A wolf may have one : LEER
6
Part of a jail cell : IRONBAR
7
Prescription directive : ASNEEDED
8
Swept, say : CLEANED
9
Yards, e.g. : STAT
10
Command associated with numbers : HITIT
11
"Couldn't agree with you more" : AMENAMEN
12
Seemed right : RANGTRUE
13
They go below signatures, briefly : PSS
15
Oct. 24 : UNDAY
19
"Moby-Dick" setting : THEPEQUOD
23
Lethal injection administerers : ASPS
25
Hinged vessel, often : STEIN
26
2001 British Open champion David : DUVAL
28
Britain's biggest-selling paper, with "The" : SUN
30
Certain board member: Abbr. : DIR
31
"Home Invasion" rapper : ICET
32
Avoid humiliation : SAVEFACE
33
Points in the direction of : STEERSTO
35
First jazz musician to win a Pulitzer Prize : MARSALIS
38
Raises : PARENTS
40
"Eugene Onegin" girl : TATIANA
43
Conditions, with "up" : TONES
44
Museum employees : GUIDES
45
Revolutionary state : UNREST
46
Christmas tree base coverings : SKIRTS
48
One who's really going places : NOMAD
50
Like the majority of Saudis : SUNNI
52
Informal pub : ZINE
53
Brown green? : QUAD
54
Prod : JOG

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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