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Harold B. Counts
Harold B. Counts

New York Times, Monday, May 28, 1984

18-Down : Sugar-coated candy

Author:
Harold B. Counts
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q W X }, Scrabble score: 307 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 3, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Harold B. Counts has 24 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,620
Across
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Give off : EMIT
5
Part of A.F.L. : LABOR
10
Gossip, perhaps : CHAT
14
Languish : FADE
15
Muse of poetry : ERATO
16
Comic-strip tot : LULU
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With 35 Across, old TV series : THEADVENTURESOF
20
Signet : SEALRING
21
Bazaar : MARKET
22
___ glance : ATA
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Long and thin : LANK
24
Hirsute : SHAGGY
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___ julep : MINT
29
Bikini part : BRA
32
Spanish priest : PADRE
33
Award-winning movie of 1958 : GIGI
34
Coal or coke : FUEL
35
See 17 Across : OZZIEANDHARRIET
38
Shrewd : KEEN
39
Mackinaw : COAT
40
Tie score on a golf hole : HALVE
41
They loop the Loop : ELS
42
Weirs : DAMS
43
Locking device : COTTER
44
Headland : CAPE
45
Mafia chief : DON
46
Imitation gold : ORMOLU
49
Certain mollusks : PANDORAS
54
Stars of 17 and 35 Across : THENELSONFAMILY
56
Distant: Comb. form : TELE
57
___ du jour : CARTE
58
Verve : ELAN
59
Trigger's meal : OATS
60
Mink's cousin : OTTER
61
State bird of Hawaii : NENE
Down
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Newts : EFTS
2
Indian Ocean island : MAHE
3
Brainstorm : IDEA
4
Freshwater duck : TEAL
5
Mirth : LEVITY
6
Cincinnati Gardens : ARENA
7
Thump : BANG
8
Slugger Mel : OTT
9
European country (one of three spellings) : ROUMANIA
10
Salesman : CLERK
11
Corn cover : HUSK
12
Lily plant : ALOE
13
Clump of trees : TUFT
18
Sugar-coated candy : DRAGEE
19
Carry on : RANT
23
Feathery : LIGHT
24
Radius of a wheel : SPOKE
25
TV oldie : HAZEL
26
Cutting tools : ADZES
27
Beam : GRIN
28
King of Phrygia : MIDAS
29
Erected : BUILT
30
Canadian official : REEVE
31
Revise : ALTER
33
Aphorism : GNOME
34
T.C.U. building : FRAT
36
Mexican resort : ACAPULCO
37
Actress Fleming : RHONDA
42
Valley : DALE
43
Discuss : CONFER
44
Pine products : CONES
45
___ Gabriel Rossetti : DANTE
46
Preminger or Kruger : OTTO
47
Ostrich's cousin : RHEA
48
Soften : MELT
49
Dark red wine : PORT
50
Augury : OMEN
51
Stir up incensement : RILE
52
Comic King : ALAN
53
"Auld Lang ___" : SYNE
55
Used an ottoman : SAT

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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