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GROOVY KIND OF LOVE

New York Times, Sunday, February 13, 2000

Author:
Bill Zais
Editor:
Will Shortz
29-Across : Inasmuch (as)
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Bill Zais

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 146, Blocks: 79 Missing: {QXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Zais. Sunday freshness: 16%
Notepad: HEART (Clockwise): 1955 Four Aces hit (and theme of this puzzle)
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© 2000, The New York Times2/13/0 ( No. 18,359 )
Across
1
Keel attachment : MAST
5
Crowd features : FACES
10
"A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread--and Thou" poet : OMAR
14
Needed to say "Oops" : ERRED
19
Member of the chorus : ALTO
20
Coffee allure : AROMA
21
Dear, in Italy : CARA
22
Unknowing : NAIVE
23
1974 Stylistics hit : YOUMAKEMEFEELBRANDNEW
27
Leave the union : SECEDE
28
Spin : REEL
29
Inasmuch (as) : SEEING
30
Josh : KID
31
Stylist Vidal : SASSOON
34
Heart locations : BOSOMS
36
Flap : ADO
38
"The Drew Carey Show" setting : OHIO
39
Part of a front-end alignment : TOEIN
41
Bar selections : RYES
43
Make, as a putt : SINK
45
Ask, as for aid : TURNTO
48
Cat scanners : VETS
49
"___ pal..." : BEA
50
Singled out as important : KEYEDON
52
Slave's response : GROAN
54
Attention grabbers : AHEMS
56
Words with hole or all : INONE
57
Sends : THRILLS
60
"Cleopatra" director : DEMILLE
62
It's gender : NEUTER
64
Like an expired parking meter : UNFED
65
Advice for a rejectee, maybe : REAPPLY
66
Standard & ___ : POORS
68
"La Vita Nuova" poet : DANTE
69
Down : ABASHED
72
Up : HAPPY
75
Zodiac symbol : ARCHER
80
Dutch artist Jan : VERMEER
81
Batman and Superman, to villains : NEMESES
83
Not stand on ceremony? : ELOPE
84
Asian palm : ARECA
85
Entanglement : TIEUP
86
Ancient region of France : ALSATIA
88
___ Maria : TIA
89
Search : SCAN
91
Envoy : LEGATE
94
Year Dryden died : MDCC
95
Mr. Pecksniff of "Martin Chuzzlewit" : SETH
97
Blabs, when doubled : NAMES
99
On the job : ATIT
100
Language suffix : ISH
101
Month before Adar : SHEBAT
103
Last : SURVIVE
106
Joker : WAG
108
Masters : LEARNS
110
Street with stores, usually : MAIN
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Dictatorial sort : TINGOD
114
1977 Foreigner hit : FEELSLIKETHEFIRSTTIME
119
Crucifix spots : APSES
120
Kind of organ or dream : PIPE
121
Unelected group : JUNTA
122
Catalog card abbr. : ETAL
123
Mess up : MISDO
124
Box with headgear : SPAR
125
Take out or in : ALTER
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Physics unit : DYNE
Down
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Giants' retired number 24 : MAYS
2
Emollient : ALOE
3
1960 Elvis Presley hit : STUCKONYOU
4
Marisa of "My Cousin Vinny" : TOMEI
5
Faux : FAKE
6
"You ___ here" : ARE
7
Dot follower : COM
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The Sage of Concord : EMERSON
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They may be cracked : SAFES
10
Cat with a banded tail : OCELOT
11
___ du pays (homesickness) : MAL
12
Wall St. pros : ARBS
13
Baked dish : RAREBIT
14
A Cosby : ENNIS
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Pennsylvania home of TV Guide : RADNOR
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1979 Anita Ward hit : RINGMYBELL
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She raised Cain : EVE
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Morning glory? : DEW
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Stick (on) : ADD
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Classified ad abbr. : EEO
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Time without end : AEONS
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Divert : SHUNT
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Kind of pump : AIR
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Observatory observations : NOVAS
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Decorous : SEEMLY
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Welcome warmly : ASKIN
37
Compound with two double bonds : DIENE
38
Indian near the Platte : OTO
40
Fabric suffix : EEN
42
MS. inclusion : SASE
44
Man hiding a cape : KENT
46
Weekly cry : TGIF
47
Heraldic border : ORLE
51
Like some fishing : DEEPSEA
53
Passé : OLD
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___ law (physics formula) : AMPERES
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Not passé : HIP
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Former British Foreign Secretary Douglas : HURD
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Workers in white, for short : RNS
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Scout group : DEN
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"Do I dare to ___ peach?" : EATA
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Architect Mies van der ___ : ROHE
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"Big Mouth" Martha : RAYE
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"Star-Spangled Banner" word : OER
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Baseball twin-killings: Abbr. : DPS
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High spots : AERIES
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1958 Jerry Lee Lewis hit : BREATHLESS
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Bravo competitor : AMC
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Half a brayin' : HEE
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City near the Caspian Sea : AMUL
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___ Le Pew : PEPE
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Shut (up) : CLAM
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1956 Perry Como hit : HOTDIGGITY
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These have many extras : EPICS
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Ken : REACH
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Wine-making equipment : VATS
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Figures ending many prices : NINES
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"Socrate" composer : SATIE
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Topper : TAM
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Reason for a third serve : LET
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Entangle : SNARL
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Plants with aromatic oils : CATNIPS
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Lucrative : GAINFUL
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It goes off-road: Abbr. : ATV
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Followed obediently : HEELED
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Historic Fort ___ : SUMTER
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Certain opera singer : BASSO
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Good cheer : RAH
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53-Down, to Juanita : VIEJA
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1999 Pulitzer Prize-winning play : WIT
107
Chipped in : ANTED
109
Deejay's worry : SKIP
111
Peter, e.g. : TSAR
112
Land on the Strait of Hormuz : OMAN
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Take-out sign : DELE
114
Rels. : FAM
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Prefix with center : EPI
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Standards issuer, briefly : EPA
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I.R.A. increaser : INT
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A.A.A. suggestion : RTE

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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