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Harold B. Counts
New York Times, Saturday, December 19, 1987
Author:
Harold B. Counts
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { F J K Q W Y Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 28.2
Harold B. Counts has 24 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 R | 2 E | 3 A | 4 D | 5 S | 6 T | 7 A | 8 T | 9 E | 10 D | 11 G | 12 I | 13 G |
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14 E | R | M | A | 15 T | A | S | S | I | E | 16 O | R | O |
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17 B | R | I | D | 18 G | E | X | P | E | R | T | 19 T | O | N |
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20 E | R | I | S | 21 R | 22 H | O | N | E |
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23 X | 24 A | 25 M | 26 I | N | E | S | 27 S | 28 I | O | U | X | |||
29 P | R | O | S | E | S | 30 E | M | B | I | T | T | 31 E | 32 R |
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33 O | R | N | I | S | 34 D | O | I | T | 35 R | N | A |
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36 S | E | T | S | 37 R | 38 I | G | G | S | 39 D | E | C | I |
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40 E | A | R | 41 P | E | R | A | 42 T | O | M | A | N |
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43 D | R | E | 44 A | R | I | E | R | 45 C | H | E | E | S | E |
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46 A | V | E | N | S | 47 D | R | E | S | S | E | S |
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48 A | 49 T | L | A | S | 50 T | A | U | T | ||||||
51 S | O | X | 52 S | 53 E | 54 T | A | N | X | A | 55 M | 56 P | 57 L | 58 E |
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59 T | A | P | 60 E | C | A | R | T | E | 61 A | R | E | A |
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62 I | D | O | 63 S | U | I | T | E | S | 64 C | O | S | T |
© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,920
Across
1
Peruse : READ
5
Declared : STATED
11
A memorable Young : GIG
14
Writer Bombeck : ERMA
15
Scot's small cup : TASSIE
16
Gold, in Granada : ORO
17
Goren, e.g. : BRIDGEXPERT
19
Heavy weight : TON
20
Goddess of strife : ERIS
21
French river : RHONE
23
Scans : XAMINES
27
___ City, Iowa : SIOUX
29
Gives a dull lecture : PROSES
30
Cause hostile feelings : EMBITTER
33
Avifauna : ORNIS
34
Old Dutch coin : DOIT
35
Basic yeast acid: Abbr. : RNA
36
Mounts : SETS
37
Bobby of tennis : RIGGS
39
Tenth: Comb. form : DECI
40
Pinna : EAR
41
Pear, in Pamplona : PERA
42
Former Iranian money : TOMAN
43
More dismal : DREARIER
45
Mysost, e.g. : CHEESE
46
Rosaceous plant : AVENS
47
Mother Hubbards : DRESSES
48
Telamon : ATLAS
50
Shipshape : TAUT
51
Red or White team : SOX
52
Be a paragon : SETANXAMPLE
59
Kind of dance : TAP
60
Card game : ECARTE
61
Sector : AREA
62
Vow words : IDO
63
Musical forms : SUITES
64
Part of h.c.l. : COST
Down
1
Johnny ___ : REB
2
Stray : ERR
3
Nice friend : AMI
4
First coach, often : DAD
5
Metric units : STERES
6
Cabs : TAXIS
7
Vipers : ASPS
8
Half a fly : TSE
9
Norse goddess of healing : EIR
10
Motown : DETROIT
11
Overdo : GOTOXTREMES
12
Mashie or niblick : IRON
13
Part of "G.W.T.W." : GONE
18
Kelly and Autry : GENES
22
Nissen : HUT
23
Unguarded : XPOSED
24
In ___ (behind) : ARREAR
25
Member of an N.L. team : MONTREALXPO
26
Osiris's wife : ISIS
27
L.A. problem : SMOG
28
Winged wader : IBIS
30
Poet Guest : EDGAR
31
Box : ENCASE
32
Ella of films : RAINES
37
Check : REIN
38
Stirs up wrath : IRES
39
Bucks' mates : DOES
41
Duns : PRESSES
42
Letter from Crete : THETA
44
Actress Gardner : AVA
45
Puzzling things : CRUXES
47
Lizst symphony : DANTE
48
Italian wine center : ASTI
49
Bufo, e.g. : TOAD
50
Pastry : TART
53
Old French coin : ECU
54
Skater Babilonia : TAI
55
Singer Davis : MAC
56
Player for pay : PRO
57
Bandleader Brown : LES
58
Graze : EAT
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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