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New York Times, Friday, September 4, 1998

Author:
Hugh Davis
Editor:
Will Shortz
36-Down : Stair post
TotalDebutLatest
65/12/19971/3/2000
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Hugh Davis

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 31 Missing: {JQVX} This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. Davis. Friday freshness: 40%
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© 1998, The New York Times9/4/98 ( No. 17,832 )
Across
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Tchotchke : TRINKET
8
The so-called "Tenth Muse" : SAPPHO
14
War's mount, in the Apocalypse : REDHORSE
16
Bright northern star : ALTAIR
17
Cages : ENCLOSES
18
Congo tributary : UBANGI
19
"Give ___ break!" : MEA
20
Cultural prose and poetry : LETTERS
22
Words to masseuses : AHS
23
Bugbear : OGRE
25
Dobbin might pull one : SHAY
26
"Me too" response : ECHO
27
Caused : LEDTO
29
Some Caltech grads : EES
30
Follow the reaper : GLEAN
31
Hero/poet of Gaelic legend : OSSIAN
33
Quiet spots : RETREATS
35
Open-fronted jacket : ETON
37
Like some church matters : LAIC
38
Accumulated : GARNERED
42
"You ___!" : BETCHA
46
"Reversal of Fortune" star : IRONS
47
Antiprohibition : WET
49
Slave's response : GROAN
50
Handle : NAME
51
Movie princess : LEIA
52
Mass booklet : ORDO
53
Bug : FLU
54
Slicker : OILSKIN
57
"Awesome!" : RAD
58
___ of Langerhans (pancreatic parts) : ISLETS
60
Bulldog's quality : TENACITY
62
Person with a cause : ZEALOT
63
Registered : SIGNEDIN
64
Laurel and Hardy, e.g. : ZANIES
65
Recent delivery : NEONATE
Down
1
Organ effect : TREMOLO
2
Cops out : RENEGES
3
Bouncer's requests : IDCARDS
4
Lady Byng Trophy org. : NHL
5
Leader of the Gang, in 70's-80's music : KOOL
6
Language spoken in Stornoway : ERSE
7
African scourge : TSETSE
8
Cousin of the needlefish : SAURY
9
Clergyman's closetful : ALBS
10
Sp. simoleon : PTA
11
It'll cure what ails you : PANACEA
12
Snub : HIGHHAT
13
Devout petitions : ORISONS
15
Feast of Lots book : ESTHER
21
Masking frame, in photography : EASEL
24
Saint-___ (Loire's capital) : ETIENNE
26
Dynamic beginning? : ELECTRO
28
"Bellefleur" author : OATES
30
"Anitra's Dance" composer : GRIEG
32
Easter preceder : NOR
34
Restaurant pickup : TAB
36
Stair post : NEWEL
38
Mixologist's concoction : GINFIZZ
39
World's fourth-largest inland body of water : ARALSEA
40
"Star Trek" alien : ROMULAN
41
Jefferson and Voltaire, for two : DEISTS
43
Contest for El Cordobés : CORRIDA
44
Scrapped : HADATIT
45
Pain-relieving : ANODYNE
48
Attend, as a movie : TAKEIN
51
Leans : LISTS
54
Plains Indian : OTOE
55
1953 Pulitzer winner for Drama : INGE
56
Prefix with second : NANO
59
Bush or Taft : ELI
61
The 1900's, e.g.: Abbr. : CEN

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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