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H. Hastings Reddall
H. Hastings Reddall

New York Times, Friday, February 18, 1977

48-Across : Caprice

Author:
H. Hastings Reddall
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J K Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
H. Hastings Reddall has 27 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,051
Across
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Horse feed : OATS
5
Cowboys' home : DALLAS
11
Impertinence : LIP
14
Zoological suffix : ACEA
15
Bright bird : ORIOLE
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Miss Claire : INA
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What most nations aren't on any more : THEGOLDSTANDARD
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Kind of stitch : HEM
21
Ink mishap : BLOT
22
Piano worker : TUNER
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Unmannerly one : BOOR
24
Old galley : TRIREME
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Not minding the switch : ASLEEP
29
Gleamed : SHONE
30
Rope fiber : COIR
31
Old-womanish : ANILE
32
Marble : TAW
35
Jason's prize : THEGOLDENFLEECE
39
Do lawn work : SOD
40
Portends : BODES
41
Venture : DARE
42
Chemical compound : ESTER
43
Entangled : SNARED
45
Contaminated : TAINTED
48
Caprice : WHIM
49
Kind of rubber : INDIA
50
Cries of triumph : AHAS
51
Irving character : RIP
54
Passé bit of paper : GOLDCERTIFICATE
58
Compass reading : ESE
59
Deplore : LAMENT
60
Assert : AVER
61
Face color, at times : RED
62
Removes : ERASES
63
Bog : MIRE
Down
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Pledge : OATH
2
Yearn : ACHE
3
Abound : TEEM
4
Droop : SAG
5
Serving of whipped cream : DOLLOP
6
Zeal : ARDOR
7
Shopper's aid : LIST
8
Odd or sand : LOT
9
___ carte : ALA
10
One standing guard : SENTINEL
11
Climbing plant : LIANE
12
Of a thing, in law : INREM
13
Chaplain : PADRE
18
Organ reed stop : OBOE
19
Undergo, old style : DURE
23
Titanic's downfall : BERG
24
Attenuates : THINS
25
Norse chieftain : ROLF
26
Variety-show units : ACTS
27
London area : SOHO
28
Song, to Schubert : LIED
29
Be scornful : SNEER
31
___ up (made sense) : ADDED
32
Spree : TEAR
33
Land measure : ACRE
34
Milk or tumble : WEED
36
Hurdle or ditch, e.g. : OBSTACLE
37
Southern shrub : LOTE
38
Cheese : EDAM
42
Miss Markey : ENID
43
Mine areas : SHAFTS
44
Unless, in law : NISI
45
Blake's bright burner : TIGER
46
Win by ___ : ANOSE
47
Wasted time : IDLED
48
Unhappy dog's sound : WHINE
50
Sweetsop : ATES
51
Shankar : RAVI
52
Brain passage : ITER
53
Marquette, for one : PERE
55
Face part : EAR
56
Sandhurst initials : RMA
57
Machine part : CAM

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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