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5 results for PROTECTS from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Jul 11, 2017	36D	Guards (2)	Zhouqin Burnikel	Shortz
Thu Oct 25, 2012	11D	Shields	Caleb Rasmussen	Shortz
Thu Sep 28, 2006	6D	Cloaks	Richard Chisholm	Shortz
Sat Jan 12, 2002	17A	What a custodian does	Brendan Emmett Quigley	Shortz
Mon Jul 16, 2001	29A	Guards (2)	Peter Gordon	Shortz

10 results for PROTECTS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Dec 10, 1979	28A	Shelters	N. M. Meyer	Maleska
Sun Apr 1, 1979	97A	Shields	Caroline G. Fitzgerald	Maleska
Fri Apr 19, 1974	4D	Defends	Norton Rhoades	Weng
Tue Jan 8, 1974	26A	Defends	Tanaquil Le Clercq	Weng
Tue Feb 20, 1973	36D	Shields	Unknown	Weng
Wed Dec 28, 1966	56A	Guards.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Mar 7, 1965	62A	Shields.	Roberta H. Morse	Farrar
Mon Aug 29, 1960	37A	Shields.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Aug 15, 1954	28A	Shields.	Harold D. Cannon	Farrar
Tue Oct 27, 1953	34D	Keeps under one's wing.	Jules Arensberg	Farrar

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