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New York Times, Monday, September 3, 2001

Author:
Peter Gordon
Editor:
Will Shortz
1-Down : Rugged rocks
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Peter Gordon

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JKQV} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 65 for Mr. Gordon. Monday freshness: 11%
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© 2001, The New York Times9/3/1 ( No. 18,927 )
Across
1
Old Russian autocrat : CZAR
5
Line-___ veto : ITEM
9
Postmark parts : DATES
14
Brand of spaghetti sauce : RAGU
15
Pictionary, e.g. : GAME
16
Cook, as chestnuts : ROAST
17
Puts on TV : AIRS
18
The "U" of B.T.U. : UNIT
19
Calm : ALLAY
20
Scottish town once popular with elopers : GRETNAGREEN
23
59, to Cato : LIX
24
"I told you so!" : SEE
25
Singer Yoko : ONO
26
Delete : XOUT
28
Mediocre : OFASORT
31
Table salt, to a chemist : NACL
34
Chip dip : SALSA
37
Mink coat : FUR
38
Crossword hint : CLUE
39
Big rigs : TRACTORTRAILERS
43
Utah ski resort : ALTA
44
Fish eggs : ROE
45
Tree houses? : NESTS
46
Afrikaner : BOER
47
Storefront shaders : AWNINGS
50
Future atty.'s exam : LSAT
52
Jack of "Barney Miller" : SOO
53
School grp. : PTA
56
With 64-Across, World Cup soccer star : MIA
58
Virginia city : NEWPORTNEWS
62
What a sec. guard might check : IDTAG
64
See 56-Across : HAMM
65
Bustles : ADOS
66
Paris's river : SEINE
67
Length x width, for a rectangle : AREA
68
Record on video : TAPE
69
Suez, for one : CANAL
70
Gull-like bird : TERN
71
Shade trees : ELMS
Down
1
Rugged rocks : CRAGS
2
Old name for Kinshasa's country : ZAIRE
3
Concur : AGREE
4
What stainless steel doesn't do : RUST
5
Large lizard : IGUANA
6
Dances to "Hernando's Hideaway" : TANGOS
7
Qatari leader : EMIR
8
Allot, with "out" : METE
9
Liquid-Plumr rival : DRANO
10
CompuServe is part of it : AOL
11
Fanciful stories : TALLTALES
12
Actor Morales : ESAI
13
Charon's river : STYX
21
Phrase on a diet food label : NOFAT
22
Cry repeated before "Read all about it!" : EXTRA
27
Remus and Sam, e.g. : UNCLES
28
Movie awards : OSCARS
29
Frequently : OFTEN
30
Capek play : RUR
32
Abrupt : CURT
33
Not as much : LESS
34
Pierce with a fork : STAB
35
Singer Guthrie : ARLO
36
Language from which many English words are derived : LATELATIN
40
Give a speech : ORATE
41
Propel a boat : ROW
42
Block of gold : INGOT
48
Chemical cousin : ISOMER
49
"Psycho" psycho : NORMAN
51
California ballplayer : ANGEL
53
Accelerator, e.g. : PEDAL
54
Time in New York when it's noon in Phoenix : TWOPM
55
Pack animals : ASSES
56
"Other" category: Abbr. : MISC
57
Clever thought : IDEA
59
"Say ___?" : WHAT
60
Peel : PARE
61
Basketball's Archibald : NATE
63
Santa ___, Calif. : ANA

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

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