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Harold B. Counts
Harold B. Counts

New York Times, Friday, November 29, 1985

Author:
Harold B. Counts
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.36, Missing: { G J K Q X Y }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 55.9 Grid has duplicate clues.
Harold B. Counts has 24 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,170
Across
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Old playing card : TAROT
6
Greek porticoes : STOAS
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Soft-shell clam: Abbr. : STR
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Overhead : ABOVE
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Legume : PULSE
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Court : WOO
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Tinseltown hopefuls : STARLETS
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Cads : HEELS
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Implants : SETS
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Show contempt : FLOUT
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French physicist: 1775–1836 : AMPERE
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Right of inheritance : HEIRSHIP
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Terrible : DIRE
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Loamy deposit : LOESS
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Spanish queen before Sophia : ENA
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Festival: Comb. form : MAS
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Elijah, to Greeks : ELIAS
40
Precious metals : ORES
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No longer fresh; drab : SHOPWORN
43
Core, in Coventry : CENTRE
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Doctor's orders : DOSES
46
___ Lisa : MONA
47
Silly : APISH
49
Sled dog : MALAMUTE
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Furrow : RUT
57
An explosive, for short : NITRO
58
Golf hazards : TRAPS
59
They loop the Loop : ELS
60
Guide : STEER
61
Common or horse follower : SENSE
Down
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Bills : TABS
2
Support sedition : ABET
3
Catholic tribunal : ROTA
4
Supervisor : OVERSEER
5
Bank worker : TELLER
6
Young oysters : SPATS
7
Beer barrels : TUNS
8
___ Glory : OLD
9
Hardwood : ASH
10
Walrus : SEAHORSE
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"___ Tree," Mercer-Mancini song: 1965 : SWEETHEART
12
What an 800 number lacks : TOLL
13
Flagmaker : ROSS
18
Midi resort : SETE
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Rhea's most powerful child : ZEUS
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Nourishes : FEEDS
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Speech defect : LISP
25
Second U.S. President : ADAMS
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Hebrew prophet : MICAH
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Bards : PROSODISTS
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Chinese province : HONAN
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Secret : INNER
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Outmoded : PASSE
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Beds for Leo and Smokey : LAIRS
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Lois Lane et al. : NEWSHENS
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___ gin : SLOE
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Musical direction : CONAMORE
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Elegant : POSH
43
Weather word : COLD
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Passes a law : ENACTS
46
Landed estate : MANOR
47
Israeli seaport : ACRE
48
Vintner Masson : PAUL
49
Sea, to Seneca : MARE
50
___ Bator, Mongolia : ULAN
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Bugle call : TAPS
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Start of N.C.'s motto : ESSE
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Repartee adept : WIT
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Sault ___ Marie : STE

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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