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Harold B. Counts
Harold B. Counts

New York Times, Wednesday, December 23, 1992

Author:
Harold B. Counts
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 292 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 10, XRef: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 21.8
Harold B. Counts has 24 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,751
Across
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Like the Palisades : STEEP
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Untidy person : SLOB
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Two-stroke drumbeat : FLAM
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Musical direction : ASSAI
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W. Samoan money : TALA
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Johnny Cash walks it : LINE
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Devilfish : MANTA
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Baltic feeder : ODER
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Rara ___ : AVIS
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Before, to the Bard : ERE
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Stengel's last team : NEWYORKMETS
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Busy places : HIVES
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TV's "___ at a Time": 1975-84 : ONEDAY
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Levy : IMPOSE
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Scarf : BOA
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Rustic, redundantly : COUNTRYBUMPKIN
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Sort of court : YARD
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Audience : EAR
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Biblical oldster : ENOS
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What 30 Across might buy : BROOKLYNBRIDGE
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Hint : TIP
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Hot off the press : LATEST
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Beset : ASSAIL
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Dixie : SOUTH
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"Seller" of 40 Across : CITYSLICKER
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Crow's cry : CAW
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Salty drop : TEAR
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Historic Hungarian city : EGER
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Saw : ADAGE
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Grisly giant : OGRE
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Columnist Barrett : RONA
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Antic : CAPER
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Soaks flax : RETS
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Fr. holy women : STES
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Lyric poem : EPODE
Down
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Ditto : SAME
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Ruler of yore : TSAR
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Slave of yore : ESNE
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Down a hero : EAT
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Liberace was one : PIANIST
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She wrote "Dred" : STOWE
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___-slipper (orchid) : LADYS
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Spread not for a bed : OLEO
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Tavern : BARROOM
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Barbecue feature : FLAME
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___ it up (celebrated) : LIVED
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Writer Loos : ANITA
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Untidy : MESSY
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Perpetually : EVER
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Strike sharply, in Surrey : KNAP
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John Wayne film: 1953 : HONDO
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Like a street after sleet : ICY
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Land of Lot's descendants : MOAB
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Satisfied serval's sound : PURR
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Overdo on the range : BURN
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Fox's shrill cry : YELP
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___ City, Mich. : BAY
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Rocker Richards : KEITH
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"Massa's ___ Cold Ground": Foster : INDE
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Holiday drinks : NOGS
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Collection : SET
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He had his ups and downs : OTIS
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Hemingway's "The ___" : KILLERS
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Cornflower ___ : BLUE
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Tiring competition : RATRACE
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Nimoy or Nolte : ACTOR
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Ploy at Troy : SIEGE
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"Get set, go!" : START
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Hollywood's Dr. Kildare : AYRES
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Tableau : SCENE
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Gumbos : OKRAS
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"___ Rhythm" : IGOT
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Gizmo for a guitar : CAPO
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Ripe : AGED
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"The Way We ___" : WERE
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Fish by bobbing : DAP

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

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