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Harold B. Counts
Harold B. Counts

New York Times, Wednesday, December 9, 1992

55-Across : Acts

Author:
Harold B. Counts
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Grid flow: 26.4
Harold B. Counts has 24 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,737
Across
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___ were (so to speak) : ASIT
5
Behave badly : ACTUP
10
Applaud : CLAP
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Zeno's "classroom" : STOA
15
Gulf of Lions feeder : RHONE
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Take on : HIRE
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League of Nations opponent : HENRYCABOTLODGE
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Samuel's mentor : ELI
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Interlaken's river : AARE
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He or she : PERSON
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Dieter's no-no : SECONDS
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Fix : MEND
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Welkin : SKY
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Mangold : BEET
28
Highwayman : PAD
31
Bristles : SETAE
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TV's Griffin : MERV
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Large volume : TOME
36
Wheeler-dealers' hotbed? : SMOKEFILLEDROOM
39
Singer Turner : TINA
40
"Winnie ___ Pu" : ILLE
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Like Saint Elmo's fire : EERIE
42
Hordeolum : STY
43
Kind of jerk : KNEE
44
Foxy : SLY
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Bank : TIER
46
Biennial herb : PARSNIP
50
Traffic no-nos, often : UTURNS
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An 18-wheeler, for short : SEMI
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Three ___ match : ONA
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Slippery : EELY
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Col. Tibbets's mother : ENOLA
60
Aussie birds : EMUS
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Observes : SEES
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Facing a glacier : STOSS
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Destroy, in Derbyshire : RASE
Down
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Residue : ASHES
2
Commemorative pillar : STELE
3
Column style : IONIC
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Dick Deadeye, e.g. : TAR
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In literature, a peaceful place : ARCADY
6
Singes : CHARS
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Director Hooper : TOBE
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One: Sp. : UNO
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Special source of annoyance : PETPEEVE
10
Feeling or emotion : CHORD
11
Covers : LIDS
12
Jason's ship : ARGO
13
Part of a hammerhead : PEEN
18
Mickey Mantle was one : YANKEE
19
Fasting period : LENT
24
Japanese metropolis : OSAKA
25
Haggard of country music : MERLE
27
Georgia peach : BELLE
28
In need : POOR
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Mine, in Le Maine : AMOI
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Any Greek commune : DEME
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Concordes : SSTS
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Throw off : EMIT
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Tom Mix's horse : TONY
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Ryun or Coe : MILER
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Poker holding : TREYS
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Bridge ploys : FINESSES
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Laughlin A.F.B. site : DELRIO
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Gentle : KIND
44
Brazilian dances : SAMBAS
45
Lazy Susans : TRAYS
46
Undresses a banana : PEELS
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"___ Rae" : NORMA
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Arabian Sea feeder : INDUS
49
Outdated : PASSE
50
Shoshoneans : UTES
51
What Daphne became : TREE
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Flower in Zaire : UELE
53
Chick chaser : SHOO
56
J. Wilbrand's discovery : TNT
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A First Lady's monogram : AER

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