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Harold B. Counts
New York Times, Tuesday, August 22, 1989
Author:
Harold B. Counts
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { G J K Q X Y }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 27.4
Harold B. Counts has 24 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 A | 2 N | 3 T | 4 E | 5 D | 6 S | 7 H | 8 I | 9 E | 10 R | 11 S | 12 A | 13 P |
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14 T | E | R | R | E | 15 P | A | R | E | E | 16 I | R | A |
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17 T | W | I | N | F | 18 L | O | W | E | R | S | 19 A | L | I |
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20 A | S | P | 21 E | A | R | N | S | 22 A | 23 D | M | E | N |
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24 P | A | C | T | 25 B | L | U | E | S | T |
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26 S | 27 E | 28 D | A | T | E | 29 S | 30 P | R | E | E | S | |||
31 T | R | O | I | S | 32 T | A | R | E | 33 L | E | 34 S | 35 E |
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36 A | S | U | R | 37 S | E | R | O | W | 38 I | C | E | S |
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39 N | E | B | S | 40 W | E | E | P | 41 T | S | A | R | S |
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42 L | O | 43 C | A | L | E | 44 S | E | T | T | E | E |
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45 P | 46 R | E | F | A | B | 47 B | O | A | S | |||||
48 S | E | R | F | S | 49 D | 50 A | R | T | S | 51 T | 52 A | 53 U |
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54 H | E | E | 55 T | 56 W | O | B | A | S | E | 57 H | I | T | S |
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58 A | V | E | 59 O | O | Z | E | S | 60 R | A | N | E | E |
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61 W | E | D | 62 R | E | E | L | S | 63 S | T | E | E | D |
© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,532
Across
1
Built a pot : ANTED
6
More timid : SHIER
11
Blackjack : SAP
14
___ Haute : TERRE
15
Gay ___ : PAREE
16
A Gershwin : IRA
17
Creeping, evergreen plants : TWINFLOWERS
19
Former boxing champ : ALI
20
Cleo's way out : ASP
21
Wins : EARNS
22
Madison Ave. workers : ADMEN
24
Alliance : PACT
25
Most azure : BLUEST
26
Calm : SEDATE
29
Wingdings : SPREES
31
___-Rivières, city in Canada : TROIS
32
Vetch : TARE
33
___-majesté : LESE
36
Assyrian war god : ASUR
37
Asian goat antelope : SEROW
38
Freezes : ICES
39
Bird beaks : NEBS
40
Boo-hoo : WEEP
41
Autocrats : TSARS
42
Scene : LOCALE
44
Love seat : SETTEE
45
Kind of building, for short : PREFAB
47
Anacondas : BOAS
48
Helots : SERFS
49
Pub game : DARTS
51
Greek letter : TAU
54
"___ Haw" (TV program) : HEE
55
Boggs specialties : TWOBASEHITS
58
"___ Maria" : AVE
59
Seeps : OOZES
60
Rajah's wife : RANEE
61
Become one : WED
62
Barn dances : REELS
63
Pegasus, e.g. : STEED
Down
1
"___ boy!" : ATTA
2
Current events : NEWS
3
Step lightly : TRIP
4
Common crossword bird : ERN
5
Beats : DEFEATS
6
Bowling or trolling : SPORT
7
A "Laugh-In" star : HAWN
8
Provokes : IRES
9
Always, in poesy : EER
10
Auction event : RESALE
11
Short-haired house pet : SIAMESECAT
12
French city where Van Gogh lived : ARLES
13
Body-shop supply : PAINT
18
Alençon : LACE
23
One-on-one fighters : DUELISTS
24
Forms couples : PAIRSOFF
25
Cauldron concoction : BREW
26
Musial or Laurel : STAN
27
Gaelic : ERSE
28
Oboe : DOUBLEREED
29
Hindu garment : SAREE
30
Stogie, to George Burns : PROP
32
Sesame: Var. : TEEL
34
Parched : SERE
35
To be, to Brutus : ESSE
37
Mop the deck : SWAB
41
Come-ons by 22 Across : TEASERS
43
Kind of oil : CASTOR
44
Barflies : SOTS
45
Fiddlesticks! : PSHAW
46
Female sandpiper : REEVE
47
Effrontery : BRASS
49
Get a few zzzzzz's : DOZE
50
Eve's second : ABEL
51
Prong : TINE
52
To ___ (exactly) : ATEE
53
Secondhand : USED
56
"___ is me!" : WOE
57
Toque or cloche : HAT
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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