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New York Times, Thursday, June 15, 2006

Author:
Adam Cohen
Editor:
Will Shortz
51-Across : "May I ___ favor?"
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Adam Cohen

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 38 Missing: {QZ} This is puzzle # 14 for Mr. Cohen. Thursday freshness: 89%
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© 2006, The New York Times6/15/6 ( No. 20,673 )
Across
1
Much of "Deck the Halls" : LAS
4
Old Massachusetts literary family : ALCOTTS
11
Part that's not eaten : COB
14
Creature on Australia's coat of arms : EMU
15
Washington's I-495 : BELTWAY
16
"13 ___ Madeleine" (1946 spy film) : RUE
17
Start of a quote by 56-Across : FORGIVEYOUR
19
Hagen of the stage : UTA
20
Doctor : TREAT
21
On ___ with : APAR
22
They cover all the bases : UMPS
23
Kind of stick : JOSS
24
Quote, part 2 : ENEMIESBUT
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"___ said before ..." : ASI
27
"The Bourne Supremacy" org. : CIA
28
Wears well : LASTS
29
Encumber, with "down" : BOG
30
Deuce follower : ADIN
32
Identify : PEG
33
Quote, part 3 : NEVERFORGET
37
Frequent word after yes or no : SIR
38
Year in Nero's reign : LXII
39
Something that may be rolled over, for short : IRA
42
Flashy dance : SALSA
45
Dear : PET
46
Slam : PAN
47
End of the quote : THEIRNAMES
51
"May I ___ favor?" : ASKA
52
Large lawn : ACRE
53
Like some Keatsian works : ODIC
54
Apocrypha angel : URIEL
55
On the other hand, briefly : THO
56
Speaker of the quote : JOHNKENNEDY
58
Debtor's letters : IOU
59
Amoeba size : ONECELL
60
Ray Bradbury's "___ for Space" : SIS
61
Crew leader : COX
62
Former U.S. poet laureate Howard ___ : NEMEROV
63
Amatol ingredient : TNT
Down
1
Southpaw's hit : LEFTJAB
2
Spanish sherry : AMOROSO
3
Unambiguous indication : SURESIGN
4
Slightly : ABIT
5
Book after Exod. : LEV
6
Environmentalists' cause : CLEANAIR
7
Common blood bank shortage : OTYPE
8
Graveyard shift time : TWOAM
9
Alpha ___ (brightest star in the Bull constellation) : TAURI
10
Onetime U.A.R. member: Abbr. : SYR
11
Trail for Hansel and Gretel : CRUMBS
12
Production : OUTPUT
13
Zoo contents : BEASTS
18
Laughing matter? : GAS
22
Lexicographer's concern : USAGE
24
Down provider : EIDER
25
Writ of execution : ELEGIT
27
Expensive spread : CAVIAR
31
Patriot's org. : NFL
32
Jimmies : PRIES
34
"Ah, Wilderness!" mother : ESSIE
35
Bird that feeds on parasitic ticks : OXPECKER
36
Least sober : TIPSIEST
40
Earned copiously : RAKEDIN
41
Shrink : ANALYST
42
Storm production : STATIC
43
Reaction to an allergen : AHCHOO
44
"The Phantom of the Opera" writer Gaston ___ : LEROUX
48
Who is above the law, theoretically : NOONE
49
Leigh Hunt's "Abou Ben ___" : ADHEM
50
Chop finely : MINCE
51
Son of Prince Valiant : ARN
54
Silver State sch. : UNLV
56
New Jersey politico Corzine : JON
57
"Illusions in G Major" rock grp. : ELO

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later.

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