| ALGORISM | The Arabic or decimal system of counting (8) |
| ALGORISMIC | Sounds like the late Vice President's political philosophy has to do with Arabic or decimal counting |
| SHAVUOUT | Holiday that marks the end of counting the omer (var) (8) |
| DRAGOMAN | Guide in a country speaking Arabic or Turkish (8) |
| DIGIT | Word for 1/12 of the diameter of the Sun or the Moon; a numeral; any one of the fingers, so called for the practice of counting on said pinkies, pointers or "Onkaparingas"; or, a finger-breadth (5) |
| CRORE | In the Indian system of counting or numbering, a word of Sanskrit origin used to represent 10 million people, rupees, units etc; or, 100 lakhs (5) |
| IMPERIAL | What was the system of weights and measures in use before the decimal system? (8) |
| NUMBERING | ... to anaesthetising without hesitation or any system of counting (9) |
| METRIC | Relating to the decimal system of measurement (6) |
| LEONARDO | -- Fibonacci, Italian who popularised the decimal system in Europe (8) |
| DEWYEYED | Innocent inventor of decimal system this writer had talked of |
| DECIMAL | System of counting mail revised a month before (7) |
| DUODECIMAL | As a system of counting, doctor aided locum (10) |
| BOOLEAN | One old lab developed a logical system of counting (7) |
| DEWEY | US librarian (1851-1931) who devised an eponymous decimal system of library classification (5) |
| MELVIL | US librarian (1851-1931) who devised an eponymous decimal system of library classification (6) |
| SEMITES | Members of any of the peoples who spoke Hebrew, Arabic or Aramaic (7) |
| SKIFF | Boat rowed up the Thames by "uppers" in the annual ceremony of counting the Queen's swans (5) |
| DIGITS | Word, derived from the practice of counting on the fingers, for said terminal members of one's hand (6) |
| ONE | It depicts "the unit of counting or measurement," per Wikipedia |
