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New York Times, Saturday, May 13, 2000

Author:
William S. Cotter
Editor:
Will Shortz
3-Down : Aerosmith's "Love ___ Elevator"
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William S. Cotter

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 7 for Mr. Cotter. Saturday freshness: 7%
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© 2000, The New York Times5/13/0 ( No. 18,449 )
Across
1
Not as a group : APIECE
7
Like meadows : GRAZED
13
They may hold your arms : GUNRACKS
16
Like arabesques : ROCOCO
17
Big cattle ranching center : AMARILLO
18
Grieg's piano concerto is in it : AMINOR
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Proceeded further than expected, say : RANONEMPTY
21
Subject of a St. Petersburg, Fla., museum : DALI
22
Minicam abbr. : REC
23
Mania source : BEATLES
25
Be-boppers : CATS
28
It requires footwork : TREADLE
31
Big name in kitchen utensils : OXO
32
Its players take a bow : VIOL
33
Swimsuit ___ : ISSUE
37
Links apparel : VEENECKSWEATERS
41
County of Salem, Mass. : ESSEX
42
Radiation products : IONS
43
Main feature? : GAS
44
Goose steppers? : WEBFEET
47
Dollar stretcher : SALE
48
Crumpet cooker : GRIDDLE
51
Confucian follower : IST
53
Gold ___ : LAME
54
1980's catchphrase : IWANTMYMTV
60
Kind of push-up : ONEARM
62
Trattoria entree : CALAMARI
63
Close tight : SEALUP
64
He forced Lee's surrender at Appomattox : SHERIDAN
65
Gets, so to speak : SENSES
66
Infuses : STEEPS
Down
1
Food thickening agent : AGAR
2
Adidas alternative : PUMA
3
Aerosmith's "Love ___ Elevator" : INAN
4
Field trips : ERRORS
5
Ship in a 1951 best seller : CAINE
6
Picky? : ECLECTIC
7
Became overcast : GRAYED
8
Data storage site : ROM
9
Critical step : ACIDTEST
10
Like some shipping rates : ZONAL
11
Molière's "L'___ des maris" : ECOLE
12
Humphrey of modern dance : DORIS
14
Dutch carrier : KLM
15
Payoff : SOP
20
Course list abbr. : TBA
24
Smith, sometimes : ALIAS
25
Dock site : COVE
26
Hackers : AXES
27
They may be corny : TOES
29
Soldier guarding a demilitarized zone : ROK
30
William Carlos Williams dedicatee : ELSIE
32
Sore : VEXED
34
Dreamcast producer : SEGA
35
___-Altaic languages : URAL
36
Being at the Forum : ESSE
38
Governmental reorganizations : NEWDEALS
39
"Oh, ___!" : WOE
40
Gets a handle on? : ENTITLES
45
Ad sites at ball games : BLIMPS
46
Limited number : FEW
47
Buffalo : STYMIE
48
Explain away, with "over" : GLOSS
49
Indian royal : RANEE
50
Conversational filler : IMEAN
52
Like some moves : SMART
55
Coolers, briefly : ACS
56
Casual turndown : NAH
57
Like some beds : MADE
58
Mouth, slangily : TRAP
59
Médoc and others : VINS
61
Way in Montréal : RUE

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

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