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New York Times, Saturday, March 1, 2008

Author:
Brendan Emmett Quigley
Editor:
Will Shortz
53-Across : Ostensible composer of "The Abduction of Figaro" and "Oedipus Tex"
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Brendan Emmett Quigley

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 28 Missing: {KVX} Featured in Will Shortz's favorite puzzlemakers. This is puzzle # 123 for Mr. Quigley. Saturday freshness: 97%
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P
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U
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B
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Q
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I
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Z
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N
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A
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R
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L
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G
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P
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B
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C
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C
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A
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S
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J
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A
L
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R
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H
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W
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B
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© 2008, The New York Times3/1/8 ( No. 21,298 )
Across
1
Event in which teams may drink rounds during rounds : PUBQUIZ
8
Comb : UNSNARL
15
Minimal, with "of" : ANOUNCE
16
Broke out : GOTFREE
17
Conditioning system : PILATES
18
Dumpling dish : GNOCCHI
19
Defeats easily : ACESOUT
20
Doesn't stick around : BEATSIT
21
1920s birth control advocate Russell : DORA
22
Author of "Save Your Job, Save Our Country: Why Nafta Must Be Stopped — Now!" : PEROT
24
Name on some euros : EIRE
25
They may be found in sneakers : ODORS
27
"___ vindice" (Confederacy motto) : DEO
28
Chairperson? : CANER
29
Big name in flight : CESSNA
31
Place on a game board? : STJAMES
33
A.L. home run champ of 1950 and '53 : ALROSEN
35
Mop holder? : HAIRGEL
38
Often-minimized thing : WINDOW
43
1966 Grammy winner for "If He Walked Into My Life" : GORME
44
Focus of some ball-handlers? : DEB
46
Spanish mistress : DUENA
47
Samoan capital : APIA
48
Cuts into a pie, often : RADII
50
Field fare, briefly : MRES
51
Distribution slip : MISDEAL
53
Ostensible composer of "The Abduction of Figaro" and "Oedipus Tex" : PDQBACH
55
Summit goal : ENTENTE
56
Bennett of the Ronettes : ESTELLE
57
Worker doing a desk job? : STAINER
58
Bright planet, sometimes : DAYSTAR
59
"First ..." : TOSTART
60
Information technology subject : SYSTEMS
Down
1
Leader who claimed to have put a fatal curse on J.F.K. : PAPADOC
2
Cousin of Ascii : UNICODE
3
Dances in waltz time : BOLEROS
4
Some radio sources : QUASARS
5
"'___ Me?' I do not know you" (Emily Dickinson poem) : UNTO
6
Get slippery, in a way : ICEUP
7
Zipped up : ZESTED
8
Boho-chic footwear : UGGBOOTS
9
Big combo : NONET
10
Old marketplace surrounder : STOA
11
Saints, e.g. : NFCTEAM
12
Function whose domain is between -1 and 1 : ARCSINE
13
Not-so-new work crew : REHIRES
14
First pitcher to have defeated all 30 major-league teams : LEITER
23
Having a better bottom? : RESOLED
26
Part of a certain kit : SNARE
28
Wolf, e.g. : CANID
30
H.S. subject : ALG
32
Faster, maybe : JEW
34
"Danger!" : REDALERT
35
Enter for a spin : HOPINTO
36
Bristly appendages : ARISTAS
37
Words after "Whew!" : IMADEIT
39
Least sensible : NUMBEST
40
20th-century German leader's moniker : DERALTE
41
Part of a fin? : ONECLAM
42
Load-bearing things? : WASHERS
43
Most intrepid : GAMEST
45
Man and others : BIPEDS
48
Zagat contributor : RATER
49
Opinion opener : IDSAY
52
Italian province or its capital : ENNA
54
Amts. : QTYS

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

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