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New York Times, Friday, May 10, 2013

Author:
Derek Bowman
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
8-Across : 1950s backup group with four top 10 hits
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Derek Bowman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 16 Words: 73, Blocks: 36 Missing: {X} Spans: 5, (1 triple stack) This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Bowman. Friday freshness: 61%
Jim Horne notes:

I recently teased Martin Ashwood-Smith that one way to avoid overused words in his stacks of 15s would be to stack 16s instead. Derek Bowman beat him to the punch. This is the first time 16s have been stacked in any NYT crossword.

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© 2013, The New York Times5/10/13 ( No. 23,194 )
Across
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Finish differently, say : RESTAIN
8
1950s backup group with four top 10 hits : COMETS
14
Stars are recognized with them : OSCARNODS
17
Clear as mud, so to speak : OPAQUE
18
It may have pop-ups : STORYBOOK
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Scott who co-starred on TV's "Men of a Certain Age" : BAKULA
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"Incredible!" : YOWZA
21
Not just surmise : KNOW
23
Closest to zero : LEAST
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Years, in Tours : ANS
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Oakland daily, for short : TRIB
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"Unfortunately ..." : ALAS
29
Deutschland "de" : VON
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Phoenix setting: Abbr. : MST
33
D.C. nine : NATS
35
It has short shortstops : LITTLELEAGUETEAM
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"What, no more?" : ISTHATALLTHEREIS
42
Places for a 35-Across : BASEBALLDIAMONDS
43
___ other (matchlessly) : ASNO
44
Satyajit Ray's "The ___ Trilogy" : APU
45
Bill in a bow tie : NYE
46
Tarantula hawk, e.g. : WASP
49
Band options : AMFM
51
DreamWorks ___ : SKG
53
Phoenix setting? : ASHES
55
Jacuzzi session : SOAK
57
"___ of Varnish" (C. P. Snow novel) : ACOAT
61
Chemistry test topic : ISOMER
63
Cursorily : ATAGLANCE
65
Certain Mexican-American : TEJANO
66
Where to come to grips with things? : MOVIESETS
67
Tight : STINGY
68
Purports : ALLEGES
Down
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Looking up : ROSY
2
This, in Tijuana : ESTO
3
Trash hauler : SCOW
4
Much-filmed swinger : TARZANTHEAPEMAN
5
Ancient Dravidian's displacer : ARYAN
6
Like Chopin's Mazurka Op. 56 No. 1 : INB
7
Sony Reader competitor : NOOK
8
Middle ear? : COB
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It's often set in a ring : OPAL
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Serve well in court : MAKEASTRONGCASE
11
Come to : EQUAL
12
Hometown of the band Hanson : TULSA
13
Party prizes? : SEATS
15
"Shh! It's a secret!" : DONTTELL
16
Hershey bar : SKOR
22
Brogue feature : WINGTIP
25
"The Moldau" composer : SMETANA
27
Mies van der Rohe was its last director : BAUHAUS
29
Something needing a stamp : VISA
30
Giant giant's family : OTTS
32
"Giant" events : SLALOMS
34
Be overrun : TEEM
35
Party label for Brit. P.M. William Gladstone : LIB
36
Culture centers? : LABS
37
Chuck Schumer's predecessor in the Senate : ALDAMATO
38
Kids' rhyme starter : EENY
39
Congress person : AIDE
40
Works for an editor: Abbr. : MSS
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Takes orders, say : WAITS
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Concern of I.R.S. Form 8594 : ASSET
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Japanese sliding door : SHOJI
50
Head makeup : FOAM
52
Superman's name on Krypton : KALEL
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Hong Kong's Hang ___ Index : SENG
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Polynesian drink : KAVA
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Pull felt on Earth : ONEG
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Part of a French play : ACTE
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Cher's role in "Burlesque" : TESS
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"The Natural" hero Hobbs : ROY
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Former Mets manager Hodges : GIL

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later.

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