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New York Times, Tuesday, January 13, 2004

Author:
M. Francis Vuolo
Editor:
Will Shortz
68-Across : Bus. aides
TotalDebutLatest
147/8/19994/15/2009
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0334220
RebusScrabDebutFresh
11.597839%
Michael Vuolo

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FJQXZ} Spans: 3 This is puzzle # 11 for Mr. Vuolo. Tuesday freshness: 44%
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© 2004, The New York Times1/13/4 ( No. 19,789 )
Across
1
Bongo or conga : DRUM
5
Bellhop's burden : BAG
8
Integra maker : ACURA
13
Diarist Frank : ANNE
14
Concert halls : ODEA
16
"Vacancy" sign site : MOTEL
17
Star of 59-Across : MALCOLMMCDOWELL
20
Got 100 on : ACED
21
Extinct bird : MOA
22
Brazilian hot spot : RIO
23
Director of 59-Across : STANLEYKUBRICK
27
Pampering, briefly : TLC
28
Olive ___ : OYL
29
Saragossa's river : EBRO
30
Circusgoers' sounds : OOHS
32
Understand : GET
34
"___ Irish Rose" : ABIES
38
Music featured in 59-Across : BEETHOVENSNINTH
42
English assignment : ESSAY
43
Slangy refusal : NAH
44
Classic soda brand : NEHI
45
Tiff : SPAT
48
PBS funder : NEA
50
III, to Jr. : SON
51
Author of 59-Across : ANTHONYBURGESS
56
A.F.L. merger partner : CIO
57
Suffix with Peking : ESE
58
"___ #1!" : WERE
59
Theme of this puzzle, with "A" : CLOCKWORKORANGE
65
Like bell-bottoms, nowadays : RETRO
66
Claudius's successor : NERO
67
Highlander : SCOT
68
Bus. aides : ASSTS
69
Little bit : TAD
70
Fair-hiring org. : EEOC
Down
1
River regulator : DAM
2
Genetic stuff : RNA
3
Opens, as a gate : UNLATCHES
4
Hajji's destination : MECCA
5
Proceed à la Captain Kirk? : BOLDLYGO
6
Nimitz or Halsey: Abbr. : ADM
7
Glittering, like a diamond : GEMMY
8
Latin 101 verb : AMO
9
It's no bull : COW
10
Wombs : UTERI
11
Archaeologist's find : RELIC
12
Free of problems : ALLOK
15
"Have ___ and a smile" (old slogan) : ACOKE
18
Wine: Prefix : OENO
19
Paint crudely : DAUB
23
Plumlike fruits : SLOES
24
Mtn. stat : ELEV
25
Fiber source : BRAN
26
Radio personality ___ Quivers : ROBIN
27
Repeated words in a famous soliloquy : TOBE
31
Narc's discovery : STASH
33
Hamilton's bill : TEN
35
Fundamentally : INESSENCE
36
Group values : ETHOS
37
Tibia's locale : SHIN
39
Doc's needle : HYPO
40
Half an Orkan farewell : NANU
41
Forest name : SHERWOOD
46
From the top : ANEW
47
Ex-champ Mike : TYSON
49
Antiquing agent : AGER
51
Capital of Ghana : ACCRA
52
Frasier's brother : NILES
53
Whistle blasts : TOOTS
54
Special Forces cap : BERET
55
Wipe clean : ERASE
60
PC component : CRT
61
Ring victories, for short : KOS
62
Malay Peninsula's Isthmus of ___ : KRA
63
Gloppy stuff : GOO
64
List ender : ETC

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

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