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New York Times, Tuesday, September 1, 1998

Author:
Gene Newman
Editor:
Will Shortz
53-Across : Composer's personal attendant?
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Gene Newman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQX} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. Newman. Tuesday freshness: 59%
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© 1998, The New York Times9/1/98 ( No. 17,829 )
Across
1
Book jacket part : FLAP
5
Admonition to Fido : STAY
9
Preserves, as pork : SALTS
14
Lawn care product : LIME
15
Feel the ___ : URGE
16
Send via cyberspace : EMAIL
17
At the summit of : ATOP
18
"Dirty" game : POOL
19
Bad, as weather : NASTY
20
Composer on a spree? : SHOPPINGLISZT
23
Nairobi native : KENYAN
24
Land, as a fish : REELIN
27
Baubles : GEWGAWS
31
Grp. with a lot of pull? : ADA
32
1973 World Series stadium : SHEA
35
Crucifix inscription : INRI
36
Hilo feast : LUAU
37
Disguise oneself as a composer? : HAYDNPLAINSIGHT
40
Mont Blanc's locale : ALPS
41
Utah ski spot : ALTA
42
She loved Narcissus : ECHO
43
British suffix with American : ISE
44
Quadrennial candidate Harold : STASSEN
46
Pesto seasoning : GARLIC
48
Taoism founder : LAOTSE
53
Composer's personal attendant? : BACHSCRATCHER
57
Baby deliverer : STORK
59
Raindrop sound : PLOP
60
Robin Cook novel : COMA
61
Find the value of x : SOLVE
62
Points (at) : AIMS
63
"Redemption" author : URIS
64
Dirty political tactic : SMEAR
65
Wear a long face : MOPE
66
Wine choice : ROSE
Down
1
Back pocket liquor bottle : FLASK
2
Loose-limbed : LITHE
3
"___ for the Misbegotten" (O'Neill play) : AMOON
4
Full of energy : PEPPY
5
On one's back : SUPINE
6
1982 Disney film : TRON
7
Bug-eyed : AGOG
8
Cheerleader's cheer : YELL
9
Has a hunch : SENSES
10
Stun : AMAZE
11
Ultimate satisfaction, in a way : LASTLAUGH
12
Small bird : TIT
13
Like a fox : SLY
21
Polytheistic : PAGAN
22
Professor Corey : IRWIN
25
State with a panhandle : IDAHO
26
Seagoing: Abbr. : NAUT
28
Novelist Cather : WILLA
29
Flying pests : GNATS
30
Puccini pieces : ARIAS
32
Tortilla chip topper : SALSA
33
"I could eat a horse," e.g. : HYPERBOLE
34
Asner and Bradley : EDS
36
Driver's need: Abbr. : LIC
37
Secretary of State under Reagan : HAIG
38
Flat fixer : PATCH
39
French legislature : SENAT
44
More disgusted : SICKER
45
Pass by : ELAPSE
47
Caterpillar or grub : LARVA
49
Come about : OCCUR
50
From top to bottom, informally : THORO
51
Teamsters' wheels : SEMIS
52
Wipe out : ERASE
54
W.W. II fare : SPAM
55
Award for Saatchi & Saatchi : CLIO
56
Frolic : ROMP
57
Snaky sound : SSS
58
Mr. Turkey : TOM

Answer summary:
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