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Harold B. Counts
Harold B. Counts

New York Times, Tuesday, October 3, 1989

29-Across : Encircle, as with a lei

Author:
Harold B. Counts
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { Q Z }, Scrabble score: 306 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 2, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 27.2 Grid has duplicate clues.
Harold B. Counts has 24 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,574
Across
1
Layer of felt : BATT
5
Small stream : BROOK
10
New York street : WALL
14
Brainstorm, in Brest : IDEE
15
Person born on Oct. 3, e.g. : LIBRA
16
Hodgepodge : OLIO
17
20
More wrathful : IRATER
21
Spirit of Saint Louis : ANGE
22
Type of shirt : TEE
23
With 59 Across, Iowa city : DES
24
Jacob's first wife : LEAH
26
Entirely : ALL
28
A defendant, in law: Abbr. : RESP
29
Encircle, as with a lei : WREATHE
33
Exert influence over : ACTON
36
Humorous suffix with switch : EROO
38
Sesame : TEEL
39
42
Sandwich filler : TUNA
43
Eye, to Pierre : OEIL
44
W. German state : HESSE
45
Programs for committees : AGENDAS
47
Cupid : EROS
49
Comic Caesar : SID
50
Stainer : DYER
51
"___ Got a Secret" : IVE
54
Refuge : ARK
57
Being, to Brutus : ESSE
59
See 23 Across : MOINES
61
Comic from Dayton : JONATHANWINTERS
64
Mimicked : APED
65
Sahara filling station : OASIS
66
___ dixit : IPSE
67
Comic-singer Jerry : REED
68
Songbirds : WRENS
69
British gun : STEN
Down
1
Forked : BIFID
2
Love very much : ADORE
3
Where Rangers range : TEXAS
4
Subject for a sermon : TEXT
5
Family of a memorable British comic : BLORES
6
Tear : RIP
7
Witchcraft in the West Indies : OBEAH
8
Algerian city : ORAN
9
Kind of court : KANGAROO
10
Chinese skillet : WOK
11
Came down : ALIT
12
"I Walk the ___," Cash hit : LINE
13
Theater section : LOGE
18
Mont.'s capital : HELENA
19
Printer's word : DELE
25
Summits : APEXES
27
Shaping tools : LATHES
28
St. Paul's book : ROMANS
29
Comedienne Jo Anne : WORLEY
30
English river : TEES
31
Towel word : HERS
32
Otherwise : ELSE
33
"___ boy!" : ATTA
34
Iron horse's snort : CHUG
35
Shoe size : TENE
37
Stat for Strawberry : RBI
40
Performance on a troupe's tour : ROADSHOW
41
Radioactive isotope : THORON
46
Lose weight, hopefully : DIET
48
Lax in duty : REMISS
50
Stupid : DENSE
51
Awkward : INEPT
52
Poetry : VERSE
53
W. German city : ESSEN
54
Slightly open : AJAR
55
Lasso : ROPE
56
Leg joint : KNEE
58
European coal basin : SAAR
60
Gleason's "How sweet ___!" : ITIS
62
Find the sum : ADD
63
Conquer : WIN

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

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