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New York Times, Thursday, July 29, 2010

Author:
Peter A. Collins
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
42-Across : Tach measure
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Peter A. Collins

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 34 Missing: {F} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 40 for Mr. Collins. Thursday freshness: 63%
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© 2010, The New York Times7/29/10 ( No. 22,178 )
Across
1
Take in : ADMIT
6
With 55-Down, where to get oysters : RAW
9
Big East team : HOYAS
14
Decorative fabric : TOILE
15
Milk source : EWE
16
"Be-Bop-___" : ALULA
17
Enchanted world in "Return of the Jedi" : ENDOR
18
Golf groundskeepers' tools : SANDRAKES
20
Added conditions : ANDS
21
Reservoirs : CISTERNS
22
Broncos' home, once : MILEHIGHSTADIUM
26
"What did I tell you?" : SEE
27
Stopover : INN
28
"Nice!" : OOH
29
Prefix with -nomial : TRI
30
[Snap snap] : PDQ
31
Unilever soap brand : LUX
32
Rural musical instruments : JUGS
33
Chef's hat : TOQUE
36
Here/there separator : NOR
37
"The Basement ___" (1975 Dylan album) : TAPES
38
Rest on : ABUT
39
Internet giant : AOL
40
Flying Tiger Line hub, for short : LAX
41
Mauna ___ : LOA
42
Tach measure : RPM
43
It came out of Cicero's mouth : VOX
44
Rested : SAT
47
Place for an N.H.L. logo : CENTERICECIRCLE
51
Roseau is its capital : DOMINICA
52
Blue-roofed chain : IHOP
53
"Keep your eyes open!" : STAYALERT
55
Battle of Blue Licks fighter, 1782 : BOONE
56
Showed : AIRED
57
"Baudolino" novelist : ECO
58
Napping : ADOZE
59
River through Glasgow : CLYDE
60
To be, in Baja : SER
61
Moves, briefly : RELOS
Down
1
Starting groups : ATEAMS
2
___ Walsh, N.B.A. executive : DONNIE
3
With 44-Down, educational stage ... or a hint to the contents of 18-, 22-, 47- and 53-Across : MIDDLE
4
"The pot's all yours" : ILOSE
5
Dutch painter Gerard ___ Borch : TER
6
Bow out : RESIGN
7
Inundated : AWASH
8
Fell apart, as a deal : WENTSOUR
9
Casino chain founder William F. ___ : HARRAH
10
Chan portrayer in film : OLAND
11
Has some laughs : YUKSITUP
12
Bath suds? : ALE
13
Carrier that had a pioneering transpolar route : SAS
19
Get clean : DETOX
21
Quitting time in Québec, maybe : CINQ
23
Cow cover : HIDE
24
Press : URGE
25
Whiff : MISS
30
Worded : PUT
31
Titter in a tweet : LOL
32
N.F.L. team with teal jerseys, for short : JAX
33
Rash treatment : TALC
34
High-pitched wind : OBOE
35
Bind : QUANDARY
36
Some contenders : NOMINEES
37
Shout made with a raised arm : TAXI
39
Fourth of 12 : APRIL
40
"Mi Vida ___," gritty 1994 drama set in L.A. : LOCA
42
Like "King Kong" and "Psycho" : REMADE
43
Airplane heading : VECTOR
44
See 3-Down : SCHOOL
45
Hoopster Mourning : ALONZO
46
Plain homes? : TEPEES
48
Flirted (with) : TOYED
49
Sorceress on the island of Aeaea : CIRCE
50
___ Oro : RIODE
53
Kind of fly, for short : SAC
54
Up to, quickly : TIL
55
See 6-Across : BAR

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

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