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Harold B. Counts
Harold B. Counts

New York Times, Saturday, December 12, 1987

21-Across : Large sea duck

Author:
Harold B. Counts
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F J K X Z }, Scrabble score: 264 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Harold B. Counts has 24 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,913
Across
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Inge canine : SHEBA
6
Republic in SE Asia : LAOS
10
Request to Gabriel : BLOW
14
Greek island, famed for marble : PAROS
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Peruvian tenor Luigi ___ : ALVA
16
Queen City favorite : ROSE
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This has an arrow : 1WAYSTREET
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Piece for Price : ARIA
20
Explosive : TNT
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Large sea duck : EIDER
22
Album jacket : LINER
23
Czech critic Novák : ARNE
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Al Davis's eleven : RAIDERS
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These may be X-rated : 4LETTERWORDS
30
Merchandise : WARES
31
Dec. 13, e.g. : IDES
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12½ cents : BIT
35
Tip or top : ACME
36
Puzzled : ATSEA
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Noyes play : RADA
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Indeed! : YEA
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Baseball's Tommy : AGEE
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Kitchen gadget : CORER
42
Waltz beat : 3QUARTERTIME
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Strove to gain : PURSUED
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Vous ___ : ETES
49
Evergreen shrub : ERICA
50
Quiet down : ABATE
52
"Fat farm" : SPA
55
Bullets, etc. : AMMO
56
Document used in banking : 2NAMEPAPER
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Recliner : LIER
59
Israeli seaport : ACRE
60
Lift in spirits : ELATE
61
Pacify : EASE
62
Fix : MEND
63
Practices that can't be wrong : RITES
Down
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Rotisserie item : SPIT
2
A "Cactus Flower" star : HAWN
3
He was: Lat. : ERAT
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George preceder : BOY
5
States : ASSERTS
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Provisions : LARDER
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Sheltered on the Red : ALEE
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Annulled : OVERRODE
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Verbum ___ sapienti : SAT
10
Weaves : BRAIDS
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Actor Greene : LORNE
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A salix : OSIER
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Takes a toll : WEARS
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Pointed part : TINE
22
Pupils' covers : LIDS
23
Man attachment? : ATEE
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Gazetteer item : AREA
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Kind of tie, in sports : 4WAY
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Alençon, e.g. : LACE
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Writer Calderon : ERMA
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Not so dumb : WISER
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Seaport in SE Italy : BARI
33
Ditto, in footnotes : IDEM
34
Vetch : TARE
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"The ___ of the skeleton": T.S.E. : AGUE
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Late afternoon event : TEADANCE
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Molders : ROTS
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Greenish blue : AQUA
41
Plant or bird : CREEPER
42
Sixty : 3SCORE
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___ up (joined together) : TEAMED
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Major follower : ETTE
45
G.W. painter : PEALE
46
Zoroaster's reputed birthplace : URMIA
47
Verses, to Coleridge : RIMES
51
Kind of dance : BARN
52
Tiff : SPAT
53
First name of 16 Across : PETE
54
Rooter for Hector : ARES
56
Wee hour : 2AM
57
"Rope-a-dope" exponent : ALI

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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