| Manager's helper (Abbr.) | 28 |
| Entry-level position: Abbr. | 27 |
| Busy ed.'s request | 22 |
| Watson to Bell: abbr. | 22 |
| Watson to Bell (Abbr.) | 23 |
| Tel. message taker, maybe | 25 |
| Teacher's helper: Abbr. | 27 |
| Subordinate title: Abbr. | 24 |
| Staff subordinate: Abbr. | 24 |
| Secretary, e.g.: Abbr. | 22 |
| Secretary, e.g. (abbr.) | 23 |
| Second in command: abbr. | 24 |
| Sec. of State's aide | 24 |
| Right-hand person: Abbr. | 24 |
| Right-hand person (abbr.) | 25 |
| Right-hand man, for short | 25 |
| Right-hand man (Abbr.) | 22 |
| Right-hand guy (abbr.) | 22 |
| Paralegal, for one: Abbr. | 25 |
| Paralegal, for one (abbr.) | 26 |
| Paralegal, for example: Abbr. | 29 |
| Overworked mgr.'s hire | 26 |
| One taking tel. messages | 24 |
| One on a D.A.'s staff | 25 |
| One of the D.A.'s people | 28 |
| One in a D.A.'s office | 26 |
| Office coffee fetcher: Abbr. | 28 |
| Member of a d.a.'s staff | 28 |
| Manager's helper: Abbr. | 27 |
| Man Friday, say (abbr.) | 23 |
| Like some coaches: Abbr. | 24 |
| Lead-in for prof. or D.A. | 25 |
| Kind of professor: Abbr. | 24 |
| Kind of producer: Abbr. | 23 |
| Kind of producer (abbr.) | 24 |
| Kind of principal: Abbr. | 24 |
| Kind of fire marshall: Abbr. | 28 |
| Job-title modifier: Abbr. | 25 |
| Igor, to Dr. Frankenstein | 25 |
| Harried exec's need | 23 |
| Harried bus. owner's need | 29 |
| Glorified intern: Abbr. | 23 |
| Gal Friday, e.g.: Abbr. | 23 |
| Gal Friday, e.g. (abbr.) | 24 |
| Executive's helper: Abbr. | 29 |
| Executive helper: Abbr. | 23 |
| Exec's perk: abbr. | 22 |
| Dwight Schrute, e.g.: Abbr. | 27 |
| D.A.'s staff member | 23 |
| D.A.'s second chair, e.g. | 29 |
| Coach's aide (abbr.) | 24 |
| Clerk, to a bus. owner | 22 |
| Celeb's personal helper | 27 |
| C.E.O.'s subordinate | 24 |
| Busy mgr.'s need, perhaps | 29 |
| Beleaguered exec.'s need | 28 |
| Assoc.'s subordinate | 24 |
| Amanuensis, e.g.: Abbr. | 23 |
| Administrative aide: Abbr. | 26 |
| Abbr. on an office door | 23 |
| Abbr. in some office titles | 27 |
| Abbr. before prof. or mgr. | 26 |
| Abbr. before 'D.A.' | 27 |
| In the manner mentioned | 23 |
| "Like I said" | 23 |
| Second in court?: Abbr. | 23 |
| Courtroom subordinate: Abbr. | 28 |
| #2 in a prosecutor's off. | 29 |
| Paralegals, e.g.: Abbr. | 23 |
| Members of a D.A.'s staff | 29 |
| D.A.'s staff members | 24 |
| What many a prin. needs | 23 |
| Igor and Dr. Watson: Abbr. | 26 |
| Elves, to Santa: Abbr. | 22 |
| Take on, as a responsibility | 28 |
| Take as true without proof | 26 |
| Take on, as responsibility | 26 |
| Took, as responsibility | 23 |
| Like a fictitious name | 22 |
| Takes on, as a responsibility | 29 |
| Not checking to make sure | 25 |
| Give one's word to | 22 |
| Give one's backing | 22 |
| Set one's mind at rest | 26 |
| Say "buck up" to | 26 |
| Instiller of confidence | 23 |
| Eases the misgivings of | 23 |
| Bolsters the confidence of | 26 |
| Nineveh's land: Abbr. | 25 |
| Of Nineveh's home: Abbr. | 28 |
| Like King Sargon II: Abbr. | 26 |
| Ancient language: Abbr. | 23 |
| Nineveh was its capital | 23 |
| Ancient empire on the Tigris | 28 |
| Sennacherib's empire | 24 |
| Sennacherib's domain | 24 |
| Semiramis's domain | 22 |
| Old Fertile Crescent land | 25 |
| Ancient Near East empire | 24 |
| Ancient kingdom on the Tigris | 29 |