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New York Times, Tuesday, May 2, 2006

Author:
Peter A. Collins
Editor:
Will Shortz
25-Across : Illinois city
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1205/2/200610/26/202414
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713254116108
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
6331.5658749%
Peter A. Collins

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 34 Missing: {Z} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Collins. Tuesday freshness: 51%
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© 2006, The New York Times5/2/6 ( No. 20,629 )
Across
1
Olympic stadium centerpiece : FLAME
6
Kemo ___ (the Lone Ranger) : SABE
10
Assns. : ORGS
14
Kind of treatment : ROYAL
15
Word of woe : ALAS
16
Prefix with graph : TELE
17
In the course of many weeks : OVERMONTHS
19
Sign from above : OMEN
20
Tijuana table : MESA
21
Laugh-a-minute type : RIOT
22
Lunden and Crawford : JOANS
23
Water conduits : DUCTS
25
Illinois city : MOLINE
26
Weaken from disuse : ATROPHY
29
Spoken for : TAKEN
30
Event where people hold hands : SEANCE
31
Salad veggie : CUKE
32
Ypsilanti sch. : EMU
35
Wing ___ prayer : ANDA
36
Name hidden in 17- and 56-Across and 11- and 28-Down : STATE
38
Hertz competitor : AVIS
39
Letter after chi : PSI
40
Powerful auto engine : VTEN
41
French physicist after whom an electric unit is named : AMPERE
43
Midway alternative : OHARE
45
Was weak in the knees : SWOONED
46
British author ___ Currie : EDWINA
48
Throws in the towel : QUITS
49
Sir Francis who circumnavigated the globe : DRAKE
50
Where truckers sit : CABS
51
Snack with a shell : TACO
55
Said uncle : GAVE
56
Reserve : PUTAHOLDON
58
Tennis serving whiz : ACER
59
Building girder : IBAR
60
Thin : REEDY
61
Politico Perot : ROSS
62
Land north of Chile : PERU
63
Chelmsford's county : ESSEX
Down
1
Gift tag word : FROM
2
All you need, according to the Beatles : LOVE
3
"Up" votes : AYES
4
Argentine soccer star of the 1980's-90's : MARADONA
5
Nightmarish street : ELM
6
Reasonableness : SANITY
7
Some choristers : ALTOS
8
Thai currency : BAHT
9
Half a figure eight : ESS
10
Peter of "Lawrence of Arabia" : OTOOLE
11
Stay tied : REMAINEVEN
12
Former astronaut/senator : GLENN
13
Reasonableness : SENSE
18
Theater seating choice : ORCHESTRA
22
It's best when cracked : JOKE
24
Scanner's scan, for short : UPC
25
Comment around a birthday cake : MAKEAWISH
26
P.D.Q. : ASAP
27
Gymnasts' coups : TENS
28
Broadcast signal carriers : RADIOWAVES
29
Egypt's "boy king" : TUT
31
Optimist's word : CAN
33
Muck : MIRE
34
Car category : USED
37
Pipe joint : TEE
38
Followers : APOSTLES
40
Barn topper : VANE
42
Clever comment : MOT
44
Some park users : HIKERS
45
Maker of the Forester : SUBARU
46
Business exec Bronfman : EDGAR
47
Constellation near Ursa Major : DRACO
48
Gulf state : QATAR
50
27, to 3 : CUBE
52
Summer drinks : ADES
53
Secret message : CODE
54
Stone used for chess sets : ONYX
56
Domino spot : PIP
57
Valuable rock : ORE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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