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Harold B. Counts
Harold B. Counts

New York Times, Tuesday, August 15, 1989

5-Down : Shallow pond

Author:
Harold B. Counts
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, 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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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,525
Across
1
At a distance : AFAR
5
Davey of baseball fame : LOPES
10
Hardy heroine : TESS
14
Kimono : ROBE
15
Meet the day : ARISE
16
Cinders of comics : ELLA
17
20
Polo Grounds hero : OTT
21
Carolina rail : SORA
22
Pivot : ROTATE
23
Go away! : SHOO
24
Victor of filmdom : JORY
25
Wise lawmaker : SOLON
27
Ruth's sobriquet : BABE
28
Dip bait lightly : DAP
31
___ Sadat : ANWAR
32
An 18-wheeler : SEMI
33
Dancer Tamara ___ : GEVA
34
Connie Stevens : CONCETTAINGOLIA
37
Long, hard journey : TREK
38
A Kennedy : ROSE
39
Flutter : HOVER
40
A First Lady's monogram : AER
41
Bit of pastry : TART
42
Stitch again : RESEW
43
Hi-fi buff's concern : TONE
44
Love's antithesis : HATE
45
Outlanders : ALIENS
48
Transmitted : SENT
49
Sesame : TIL
52
55
Stockings : HOSE
56
Type of diet : CRASH
57
Hence : ERGO
58
Foil's relative : EPEE
59
Lone Ranger's sidekick : TONTO
60
Adolescent : TEEN
Down
1
Jason's ship : ARGO
2
___ Collins, Colo. : FORT
3
Support in crime : ABET
4
Soak, as flax : RET
5
Shallow pond : LAGOON
6
Bolivian city : ORURO
7
Leaning Tower city : PISA
8
Is: Fr. : EST
9
Gurnard : SEAROBIN
10
Irritable : TESTY
11
Actress Lanchester : ELSA
12
Keyhole : SLOT
13
Rational : SANE
18
Home from the sea : ASHORE
19
Links cry : FORE
23
Negligent : SLACK
24
Actress ___ Lee Curtis : JAMIE
25
Night sound : SNORE
26
Holder of a certain title : OWNER
27
Animal : BEAST
28
Search deeply : DELVE
29
Miller's "___ From the Bridge" : AVIEW
30
Early TV star : PAAR
31
"___ Sanctorum" : ACTA
32
Emporium : STORE
33
Silly one : GOOSE
35
Do business : TRANSACT
36
Slum : GHETTO
41
Singer Tennille : TONI
42
Spread for the Reagans : RANCHO
43
Giggle : TEHEE
44
Stickup : HEIST
45
Court celebrity : ASHE
46
Downtown Chi. : LOOP
47
___ dixit : IPSE
48
Glance over : SCAN
49
Sped : TORE
50
"Bus Stop" playwright : INGE
51
Author Uris : LEON
53
B'way sign : SRO
54
Allow : LET

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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