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New York Times, Thursday, May 25, 2006

Author:
Gilbert H. Ludwig
Editor:
Will Shortz
22-Across : Garden tool
TotalDebutLatest
185/29/19977/21/2008
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.589863%
Gilbert H. Ludwig

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 35 Missing: none – this is a pangram. This is puzzle # 16 for Mr. Ludwig. Thursday freshness: 77%
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© 2006, The New York Times5/25/6 ( No. 20,652 )
Across
1
Circuit : AMBIT
6
Some I.R.A. contents : CDS
9
Prison problem : GANGS
14
Void : QUASH
15
___ Lingus : AER
16
Milton's "___ the Morning of Christ's Nativity" : ODEON
17
Strips : UNDRESSES
19
Missing dog in an Inge title : SHEBA
20
Bio info : AGE
21
Farrier's aid : RASP
22
Garden tool : SEEDER
23
Ordinary : RUNOFTHEMILL
25
Michigan city of 50,000 that's home to a Fortune 500 company : BATTLECREEK
28
Self-___ : AWARE
29
Actor MacLachlan of "Blue Velvet" : KYLE
30
Butts : RAMS
34
"E-Z" : NOMESS
36
Sweet snack : NOUGAT
38
Info along a mtn. road : ELEV
39
Powerful D.C. lobby : AARP
43
Island WSW of Majorca : IBIZA
44
Sleek train : STREAMLINER
46
Nobelist who co-discovered the structure of DNA : FRANCISCRICK
50
Mideast or Midwest : REGION
51
Campus site : HALL
52
Sharp criticism : JAB
55
Mideast bigwig : EMEER
56
It's worth at least a couple bucks : RODEOBULL
58
Fool : DUNCE
59
Prefix with butane : ISO
60
Wheel of Fortune holder : TAROT
61
Late bloomer : ASTER
62
Nafta signer: Abbr. : MEX
63
First president to visit the West Coast while in office : HAYES
Down
1
Pool shade : AQUA
2
Kind of bean : MUNG
3
Wished : BADE
4
Modern site of ancient Caesarea: Abbr. : ISR
5
Things to follow : THERULES
6
Close-fitting robe : CASSOCK
7
Prepare, as onion rings : DEEPFRY
8
39-Across members: Abbr. : SRS
9
Hide's partner : GOSEEK
10
Hunt's "Abou Ben ___" : ADHEM
11
"___ say more?" : NEEDI
12
George with a 1950's comedy/variety show : GOBEL
13
Tie up : SNARL
18
Right-minded : SANE
22
Gloss : SHEEN
23
Prelate's title: Abbr. : RTREV
24
Bus. card abbr. : TEL
25
Cause of one's undoing : BANE
26
Unaccounted for : AWOL
27
Subdued : TAME
30
Early 1980's craze maker : RUBIK
31
Not fer : AGIN
32
Part of a lab experiment : MAZE
33
Headline : STAR
35
Some upholstery material : SATIN
37
Durable table covering : OILCLOTH
40
"___ Poetica" : ARS
41
Picked anew : RECHOSE
42
Catch-22 : PARADOX
44
Goal kicker, e.g. : SCORER
45
Hiker's measure : MILE
46
1970's singer Payne : FREDA
47
Legendary twin : REMUS
48
Representative : AGENT
49
One who cries "Uncle!"? : NIECE
52
Group of 12, maybe : JURY
53
Soothing stuff : ALOE
54
They may be stuck with toothpicks : BLTS
56
Canyon feature : RIM
57
Lea plea : BAA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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