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Harold B. Counts
Harold B. Counts

New York Times, Tuesday, October 18, 1983

50-Down : As a friend: Fr.

Author:
Harold B. Counts
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { F K Q W X }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 21.4
Harold B. Counts has 24 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,397
Across
1
Mrs. Nick Charles : NORA
5
Facing a glacier : STOSS
10
Thick slice : SLAB
14
Shepherd prophet : AMOS
15
Snow leopard : OUNCE
16
Caffeine-rich nut : COLA
17
Outdo : BEST
18
Pilot : STEER
19
Scent : ODOR
20
Timid people : NERVOUSNELLIES
23
Extinct bird : MOA
24
Okla. city : ENID
25
Ovine cry : BAA
27
___-faire : LAISSEZ
31
Boxing term : JAB
34
Went along with : AGREEDTO
36
Japanese wrestling : SUMO
37
Site of Brock U., Canada : SAINTCATHARINES
41
Mocked : APED
42
Recipients of tributes : HONOREES
43
Bandleader Brown : LES
44
Pilot fish : REMORAS
47
Bikini part : BRA
48
Sandwich shop : DELI
49
Comparative suffix : IER
51
Wild cucumber : CREEPINGJENNIE
58
Hawaiian dance : HULA
59
Violin for Perlman : STRAD
60
Early fruit fancier : ADAM
62
Roman road : ITER
63
Ho predecessor : HEAVE
64
Southwestern flattop : MESA
65
People generally : THEY
66
Account exec : ADMAN
67
Conversational cliché : ISEE
Down
1
Snatch : NAB
2
Augury : OMEN
3
Evergreens used in perfumery : ROSEMARIES
4
N.L. member : ASTRO
5
Indifferent : SOSO
6
Ballet skirt : TUTU
7
Dollar bills : ONES
8
Vistas : SCENES
9
Unclouded : SERENE
10
Xantippe, e.g. : SCOLD
11
Napoleonic victory site : LODI
12
Drug-yielding plant : ALOE
13
Hinders : BARS
21
Man's man : VALET
22
Taylor, to Burton : LIZ
25
Tot's ___ reader : BASAL
26
Yawning : AGAPE
28
Mil. officer : ADC
29
Call ___ day : ITA
30
Bantu language : SOTHO
31
Certain newlyweds : JUNEBRIDES
32
Afghan prince : AMEER
33
___ nova : BOSSA
35
Cease : END
36
___ Galahad : SIR
38
Biblical mountain : HOR
39
Miscellany : ANA
40
Gymnast's stickum : ROSIN
44
Ribbed fabric : REP
45
Hebrew prophet : ELISHA
46
Coined : MINTED
48
Sweetheart : DEARY
50
As a friend: Fr. : ENAMI
51
I.o.u. : CHIT
52
Baseball great : RUTH
53
Robert ___ : ELEE
54
Metric unit : GRAM
55
Sumatran neighbor : JAVA
56
N.C. town : EDEN
57
Make comfortable : EASE
61
"Maggie ___," Beatles recording : MAE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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