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New York Times, Thursday, July 17, 1997

Author:
Wayne Robert Williams
Editor:
Will Shortz
23-Across : Group with the 1983 #1 hit "Africa"
TotalDebutLatest
384/30/19943/5/1998
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44312843
RebusScrabDebutFresh
21.5516243%
Wayne Robert Williams

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 34 Missing: {QXZ} This is puzzle # 35 for Mr. Williams. Thursday freshness: 38%
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© 1997, The New York Times7/17/97 ( No. 17,418 )
Across
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Bryn ___ College : MAWR
5
Quick drinks : SHOTS
10
Grouch : CRAB
14
Prefix with -graph : IDEO
15
It's the Law : TORAH
16
___ Bay, Hawaii : HILO
17
Back to the start : FULLCIRCLE
19
Porch raiders : ANTS
20
Attacked : FELLON
21
Breaking out, maybe : ALLERGIC
23
Group with the 1983 #1 hit "Africa" : TOTO
25
Sharecrop : FARM
26
Sharpen : STROP
29
Abbr. in some military names : RET
32
Highways : ROADS
35
Aerial maneuver : LOOPTHELOOP
38
Sucker : SAP
39
Grounded birds : EMUS
40
Hebrew leader : ALEPH
41
Spaniard's other : OTRA
42
Place to winter : DEN
43
Some chart analysts : DISCJOCKEYS
45
Have one's back against the wall? : SIDLE
47
W.W. II arena: Abbr. : ETO
48
Indonesian island : CERAM
49
Like vino tinto : ROJO
51
Digestive juice : BILE
53
Heavy fabrics : BROCADES
57
Whip : DEFEAT
61
1988 country album : REBA
62
Center of power : OVALOFFICE
64
Military group : UNIT
65
Take pleasure (in) : REVEL
66
Muffs : ERRS
67
Vocal inflection : TONE
68
Oodles : SLEWS
69
Keeps company with : SEES
Down
1
Tick off : MIFF
2
Musical direction : ADUE
3
Bucket locale : WELL
4
Some desks : ROLLTOPS
5
Work period : STINT
6
Vert.'s opp. : HOR
7
1977 movie thriller with Bo Derek : ORCA
8
Ready to be mowed, as grass : TALL
9
Storage space : SHELF
10
Mexican cowboy : CHARRO
11
Circus figure : RINGMASTER
12
High: Prefix : ALTI
13
Pear variety : BOSC
18
Take over, in a way : COOPT
22
The marshal in "Frontier Marshal" : EARP
24
"Otherwise..." : ORELSE
26
Popular Christmas gifts : SLEDS
27
"My Cousin Vinny" Oscar winner : TOMEI
28
Tournament type : ROUNDROBIN
30
Choice : ELECT
31
C.E.O., e.g. : TOPJOB
33
Asia's Amu ___ River : DARYA
34
Tic : SPASM
36
Osaka O.K. : HAI
37
"Ah, I see!" : OHO
41
Some colorful abstract paintings : OKEEFFES
43
___ vu : DEJA
44
Musical staff sign : CCLEF
46
Sniff out : LOCATE
50
They may be sniffed : ODORS
52
The Fab Four, e.g. : IDOLS
53
Very dry : BRUT
54
Vegas rival : RENO
55
Daredevil Knievel : EVEL
56
Computer command : SAVE
58
Republic since 1948 : EIRE
59
One to grow on? : ACRE
60
"A Pure Woman" of an 1891 novel : TESS
63
Actor Ayres : LEW

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

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