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NY TIMES, WED, JAN 07, 1998

January 7, 1998•Wednesday

Creator

Bob Klahn

Editor

Will Shortz

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1"High Hopes" lyricist
5___ Romeo
9Pull oneself up to the bar
13Mélange
14Microsoft chief, to some
16"Darling, Je Vous ___ Beaucoup"
17Answers, for short
18Poet Dickinson
19Dirty Harry's employer: Abbr.
201729 Jonathan Swift pamphlet, with "A"
23Old enough to know better?
24Pork place?
25Frasier's brother
27Highly rated
29Begin again
30Cosby series
33Without whiskers
37Key or Kennedy
381965 Gary Lewis and the Playboys hit
41"2001" mainframe
42Fluster
43Chip for a pot
44Crater Lake locale
46Obi-___ Kenobi
48Ennui, to Enrique
49Stat. for Barry Bonds
52Fall guy
561992 Paula Abdul hit, with Stevie Wonder on harmonica
59Listen and obey
60Take the honey and run
61Driver's selection
62Suffix with bachelor
63Comparatively cagey
64Collate
65Like show horses
66Cold capital
67Artist Paul

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1Popular women's mag
2Reserved
3Broom ___ (comics witch)
4Posies
5Help at a heist
6Proceeds falteringly
7Play at love
8Brass or bronze
9Black currant liqueur
10Pompous
11Carry out
12Stephen Foster's "Old Uncle ___"
15Bilk, say
21Melville setting
22Erect
26Bulrush, e.g.
28Like some flu
29Ask for more Time?
30"Some Like ___"
31Offer some to
32Entered en masse
34This may be over your head
35Tbsp. or tsp.
36Radio setting: Abbr.
39Covet, with "over"
40Threw caution to the wind
45Like some lilies
47Shower time: Abbr.
49Rich kid in "Nancy"
50Encourages, with "up"
51Push forward
53Its capital is Innsbruck
54Chocolate marshmallow snack
55"Fiddler on the Roof" matchmaker
57Hoped-for response to 56-Across
58Dynamic start
59Enero, por ejemplo
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