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Harold B. Counts
Harold B. Counts

New York Times, Tuesday, August 29, 1989

5-Down : Putrefies

Author:
Harold B. Counts
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { F J K Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 258 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 9, XRef: 2, Spans: 2, 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. 14,539
Across
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Soho shindig : BASH
5
Helicopter blade : ROTOR
10
"___ Joey" : PAL
13
Concerning : ASTO
14
Busy place at 52 Across : OHARE
15
Verdi opera : AIDA
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TV classic : THEUNTOUCHABLES
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___ Vedras, Portugal : TORRES
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Pelts : HIDES
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Kovacs or Pyle : ERNIE
22
Muslim rulers : EMIRS
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I, to Ovid : EGO
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North Sea feeder : DEE
28
Soap plant : AMOLE
29
Indigo : ANIL
30
Cleanse : SCRUB
32
White poplar : ABELE
33
Roaring Twenties follower : DEPRESSIONERA
37
Find of race : RELAY
38
Characteristic : TRAIT
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Pests at picnics : ANTS
40
Vilify : SMEAR
42
Bad: Comb. form : CAC
45
A son of Odin : TYR
46
Emporium : STORE
47
In any way : ATALL
49
Of a region : AREAL
51
City in NW Syria : ALEPPO
52
Site of Democrats' 1968 convention : CHICAGOILLINOIS
56
Columnist Barrett : RONA
57
Dazzling display : ECLAT
58
Nine: Comb. form : ENNE
59
___ and downs : UPS
60
Jewish prayer : SHEMA
61
English river : TEES
Down
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Faced the pitcher : BATTED
2
Beached : ASHORE
3
He wrote "A Sentimental Journey" : STERNE
4
Beautiful woman, to a Muslim : HOURI
5
Putrefies : ROTS
6
Cry of amused surprise : OHO
7
Greek letter : TAU
8
Dye obtained from a lichen : ORCHIL
9
Employ again : REHIRE
10
A lager beer : PILSENER
11
Soft drink : ADE
12
___ Vegas : LAS
15
Honest ___ Lincoln : ABE
17
Barbara Bush, ___ Pierce : NEE
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Paid notices : ADS
22
Flightless birds : EMUS
23
A target of E. Ness : MOBSTER
25
Ariz. river : GILA
26
Bravo, in Barcelona : OLE
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Exist : ARE
29
Foster a felon : ABET
30
Fat farms : SPAS
31
Johnnie Ray hit: 1951 : CRY
32
Black cuckoo : ANI
33
Gainsay : DENY
34
They loop the Loop : ELTRAINS
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"Dies ___" : IRAE
36
What a galley slave wielded : OAR
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Sing to the fuzz : RAT
40
Puts on a play : STAGES
41
Australian lizard : MOLOCH
42
Hood who ruled crime in 52 Across from 1925 to 1931 : CAPONE
43
Lofty : ALPINE
44
Shuts down : CLOSES
46
Red or Coral : SEA
47
___ Pasha : ALI
48
Belief : TENET
50
N.Y.C. skyscraper's letters : RCA
51
Can. province : ALTA
52
Vineyard, in Caen : CRU
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Short flight : HOP
54
___ du Diable : ILE
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Gangster's hasty escape : LAM

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

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