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Harold B. Counts
Harold B. Counts

New York Times, Wednesday, December 9, 1992

43-Across : Kind of jerk

Author:
Harold B. Counts
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 3
Harold B. Counts has 24 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,737
Across
1
___ were (so to speak) : ASIT
5
Behave badly : ACTUP
10
Applaud : CLAP
14
Zeno's "classroom" : STOA
15
Gulf of Lions feeder : RHONE
16
Take on : HIRE
17
League of Nations opponent : HENRYCABOTLODGE
20
Samuel's mentor : ELI
21
Interlaken's river : AARE
22
He or she : PERSON
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Dieter's no-no : SECONDS
25
Fix : MEND
26
Welkin : SKY
27
Mangold : BEET
28
Highwayman : PAD
31
Bristles : SETAE
34
TV's Griffin : MERV
35
Large volume : TOME
36
Wheeler-dealers' hotbed? : SMOKEFILLEDROOM
39
Singer Turner : TINA
40
"Winnie ___ Pu" : ILLE
41
Like Saint Elmo's fire : EERIE
42
Hordeolum : STY
43
Kind of jerk : KNEE
44
Foxy : SLY
45
Bank : TIER
46
Biennial herb : PARSNIP
50
Traffic no-nos, often : UTURNS
53
An 18-wheeler, for short : SEMI
54
Three ___ match : ONA
55
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Slippery : EELY
59
Col. Tibbets's mother : ENOLA
60
Aussie birds : EMUS
61
Observes : SEES
62
Facing a glacier : STOSS
63
Destroy, in Derbyshire : RASE
Down
1
Residue : ASHES
2
Commemorative pillar : STELE
3
Column style : IONIC
4
Dick Deadeye, e.g. : TAR
5
In literature, a peaceful place : ARCADY
6
Singes : CHARS
7
Director Hooper : TOBE
8
One: Sp. : UNO
9
Special source of annoyance : PETPEEVE
10
Feeling or emotion : CHORD
11
Covers : LIDS
12
Jason's ship : ARGO
13
Part of a hammerhead : PEEN
18
Mickey Mantle was one : YANKEE
19
Fasting period : LENT
24
Japanese metropolis : OSAKA
25
Haggard of country music : MERLE
27
Georgia peach : BELLE
28
In need : POOR
29
Mine, in Le Maine : AMOI
30
Any Greek commune : DEME
31
Concordes : SSTS
32
Throw off : EMIT
33
Tom Mix's horse : TONY
34
Ryun or Coe : MILER
35
Poker holding : TREYS
37
Bridge ploys : FINESSES
38
Laughlin A.F.B. site : DELRIO
43
Gentle : KIND
44
Brazilian dances : SAMBAS
45
Lazy Susans : TRAYS
46
Undresses a banana : PEELS
47
"___ Rae" : NORMA
48
Arabian Sea feeder : INDUS
49
Outdated : PASSE
50
Shoshoneans : UTES
51
What Daphne became : TREE
52
Flower in Zaire : UELE
53
Chick chaser : SHOO
56
J. Wilbrand's discovery : TNT
57
A First Lady's monogram : AER

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