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Harold B. Counts
Harold B. Counts

WISE TO THE WORDS

New York Times, Sunday, November 25, 1990

36-Down : Unsubstantial ship?

Author:
Harold B. Counts
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 140, Blocks: 70, Avg Word Len: 5.30, Missing: { G Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 553 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 127, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 13, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 16
Harold B. Counts has 24 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,992
Across
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Van : LEAD
5
Mary Janes : SHOES
10
Calyx part : SEPAL
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Lamb of pork fame : ELIA
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Being: Fr. : ETRE
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A manager of the Cards in 1990 : TORRE
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Wing of a sort : ALULA
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Flows : RUNS
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Verdi product, full of froth? : SOAPYOPERA
25
Foolish, tree-climbing bird? : NUTTYHATCH
27
Subjugates : ENSLAVES
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Alan, Cheryl and Diane : LADDS
30
Glide nonchalantly : SASHAY
31
City in S France : ALES
32
Latin teacher's command : PARSE
33
Violinist Bull : OLE
34
Barbiturate : DOWNER
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___ Domingo : SANTO
38
Sweeps under the rug : COVERSUP
43
Kin of Tonys : OBIES
44
Indecent planter? : DIRTYFARMER
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Crooked : WRY
47
Impart : LEND
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A concern of ecologists : SOOT
49
Frost : HOAR
50
River duck : TEAL
51
Shaver : LAD
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Obdurate bricklayers? : STONYMASONS
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British shindig : BEANO
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Mouthpiece of a sort : SHYSTER
59
Root used as a cleanser in Mexico : AMOLE
60
Egg box : CARTON
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Goes in with : JOINS
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Marsh bird : SNIPE
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Groom : CURRY
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Bowling term : SPARES
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Caused by : DUETO
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Obstructs : ARRESTS
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Fleet St. product : TIMES
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Vague Donatello? : MUDDYTURTLE
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Skeet feat : HIT
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Radiation dosages : REMS
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G-men : FEDS
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Some votes : NOES
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___ qua non : SINE
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Sèvres summer : ETE
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Rash maître d'? : HEADYWAITER
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Ky. college town : BEREA
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Justification : WARRANTY
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Avifauna : ORNIS
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Half a decade : PENTAD
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Bel Kaufman's "Love, ___": 1979 : ETC
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White wine, in 90 Down : SOAVE
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Rex ___, film critic : REED
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He's got the goods : TRADER
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Move crabwise : SIDLE
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Kin of floribundas : TEAROSES
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Emaciated hunting dog? : BONYSETTER
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A short, thickset haddock? : STOCKYFISH
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Lotion ingredient : ALOE
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Finnish bath : SAUNA
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Rich cake : TORTE
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Destiny, to Domenico : FATO
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Tear : REND
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Co-Nobelist for Peace: 1978 : SADAT
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Hairnet : SNOOD
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Merganser : SMEW
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___-majesté : LESE
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School 007 attended : ETON
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Turkish river : ARAS
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Got off a 747 : DEPLANED
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Hay; stubble : STOVER
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"High ___," 1959 song : HOPES
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Cuprite and limonite : ORES
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Stray : ERR
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Waxy substance : SEALANT
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"___ Iwo Jima," 1949 film : SANDSOF
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Give the slip to : ELUDE
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Places : PUTS
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Cover girl Carol ___ : ALT
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Postpones : LAYSOVER
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Classroom item : ERASER
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A Prot. : LUTH
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"Child of the Sun" : INCA
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Pale : ASHY
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Mythical beasts : YALES
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Word on a Czech's check : HALER
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Bohemian : ARTY
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Kind of line : PARTY
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Display in a toy shop : DOLLS
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West Indian fetish : OBEAH
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Unsubstantial ship? : WINDYJAMMER
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Capital of Valais, Switzerland : SION
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Beldam : CRONE
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Suffixes used in medical terms : OMAS
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Moist cámise? : SWEATYSHIRT
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Sky: Comb. form : URANO
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Airport tower : PYLON
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"Swinging ___," Haggard hit : DOORS
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Burn ___ in one's pocket : AHOLE
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British guns : STENS
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Basse-___, city in Guadeloupe : TERRE
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Filthy places : STIES
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Having hair like Elsa : MANED
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Friendship : AMITY
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City NNW of Gdansk : SOPOT
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Rail for Susan Jaffe : BARRE
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Tender places : SORES
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Tendrils : CURLS
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Like bubble baths : SUDSY
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Supply food commercially : CATER
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Throw about : STREW
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Statue in the Duomo at Florence : PIETA
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Fuddy follower : DUDDY
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Ringworm : TINEA
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Lieu : STEAD
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Gist : MEAT
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Loosen : UNTIE
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European deer : ROES
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Salad ingredient : FENCRESS
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Bon-voyage bashes : SENDOFFS
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Despises : HATES
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Bushy-tailed hoarder : WOODRAT
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U.S.S.R. lake : ARAL
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Dresses : INVESTS
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Dr. Spooner's "___ wenches" : BEERY
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Changed colors again : REDYED
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Wan : PEAKED
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Where Duccio painted : SIENA
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Right-hand page : RECTO
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Ski lift : TBAR
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Cameo, for one : ROLE
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Soon : ANON
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Ornament : STUD
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Charger in Mexico City : TORO
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Thailand, once : SIAM
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Varese's Palazzo d'___ : ESTE
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Betoken : SHOW
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Chinese pagoda : TAA
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Fashion : TON

Answer summary:
14 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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