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Harold B. Counts
Harold B. Counts

New York Times, Wednesday, December 2, 1987

63-Across : ___ nova

Author:
Harold B. Counts
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { Q X }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Harold B. Counts has 24 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,903
Across
1
Yule fuel, sometimes : LOGS
5
Fill : SATE
9
Tree pod : CAROB
14
Cruising : ASEA
15
Word with Major or Minor : URSA
16
Martini garnish : OLIVE
17
Danube feeder : ISAR
18
Parch : SEAR
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Chicago suburb : NILES
20
Casino employee, perhaps : CARDSHARP
22
Shies away : VEERS
23
Eye: Fr. : OEIL
24
N.B.A. player at Phoenix : SUN
25
Doesn't own : HASNT
28
Writes or says easily and quickly : REELSOFF
33
"___ Want for Christmas ... " : ALLI
34
Roman officials : EDILES
36
Prevaricate : LIE
37
Casino employee : BLACKJACKDEALER
40
A, in Bonn : EIN
41
Quays : LEVEES
42
Actor Mark ___ Baker : LINN
43
Went back over : RETRACED
45
Carts on runners : SLEDS
46
Single, e.g. : HIT
47
Daydream : MUSE
49
Hone : STROP
52
Old TV game show : TWENTYONE
57
Craft : TRADE
58
Italian seaport : BARI
59
Campus figure : COED
60
Pointed a piece : AIMED
61
Stulm : ADIT
62
Moslem summons to prayer : AZAN
63
___ nova : BOSSA
64
Network of nerves : RETE
65
Comb. form : TERA
Down
1
Secular : LAIC
2
Greek peak : OSSA
3
Rig : GEAR
4
Biting : SARDONIC
5
Japanese dish : SUSHI
6
Of a region : AREAL
7
Rigid ruler : TSAR
8
Wild West hero : EARP
9
Agitate : CONVULSE
10
Far-out visitors : ALIENS
11
Stir up anger : RILE
12
Extra : OVER
13
Harry's mate : BESS
21
Sink like Sol : SET
24
Spring best sellers : SEEDS
25
Nobelist in Chemistry: 1918 : HABER
26
Kate's TV friend : ALLIE
27
Tilt : SLANT
28
Used a kitchen gadget : RICED
29
Actress Sommer : ELKE
30
Stan's pal : OLLIE
31
Satan : FIEND
32
Polypodies : FERNS
34
Oust : EJECT
35
Ex-cager Bing : DAVE
38
Seaport on the Baltic : KLAIPEDA
39
Stray feline : ALLEYCAT
44
Dodecanese capital : RHODES
45
Concorde : SST
47
Value : MERIT
48
Knit : UNITE
49
Pink : STAB
50
Kingston ___ : TRIO
51
N.F.L. team : RAMS
52
Ski lift : TBAR
53
___ into (attack strongly) : WADE
54
Seep : OOZE
55
Stingy : NEAR
56
Poet Millay : EDNA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 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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