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H. Hastings Reddall
H. Hastings Reddall

New York Times, Monday, July 30, 1979

62-Across : Established

Author:
H. Hastings Reddall
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
H. Hastings Reddall has 27 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,856
Across
1
Five-time Presidential candidate : DEBS
5
"___ in Toyland" : BABES
10
College mil. unit : ROTC
14
Kind of phobia : ACRO
15
Bastard wing of birds : ALULA
16
Samoan seaport : APIA
17
First 10 amendments : THEBILLOFRIGHTS
20
Period of time : EON
21
Satiate : CLOY
22
Like a mountain goat : AGILE
23
Fuel in Ireland : PEAT
24
Diluted, as liquor : WATERED
26
Extravagant or false report : CANARD
29
Scottish squire : LAIRD
30
Secondhand : USED
31
Cloud formations : CIRRI
32
Girl's nickname : SIS
35
Article III subject : THESUPREMECOURT
39
Suffix with chariot and target : EER
40
Jaworski and Trotsky : LEONS
41
Operatic melody : ARIA
42
"The buck ___ here" : STOPS
43
Black or Sherwood : FOREST
45
Fasteners or flowers : HATPINS
48
Flock talk : BAAS
49
"___ of snow-white horses" : ATEAM
50
___ of office : OATH
51
Quick ___ flash : ASA
54
Document framed in 1787 : THECONSTITUTION
58
Recent, to a geologist : CENE
59
Practical : UTILE
60
Check for publication : EDIT
61
W.W. II defector : HESS
62
Established : BASED
63
Omit, in printing : DELE
Down
1
Palm fruit : DATE
2
Resound : ECHO
3
British machine gun : BREN
4
Blubber : SOB
5
Chanteuse's specialty : BALLAD
6
Distribute shares : ALLOT
7
Follower of nun or spar : BUOY
8
Tolkien creature : ELF
9
National men's org. : SAR
10
___ robin (perennial herb) : RAGGED
11
Source of gold for Solomon : OPHIR
12
Basis for a claim : TITLE
13
Gave a place the once-over : CASED
18
Bakery employee : ICER
19
Relating to medicine : IATRIC
23
Expands with needless matter : PADS
24
___ up (becomes friendly) : WARMS
25
Yorkshire river : AIRE
26
Clever; shrewd : CUTE
27
Court celebrity : ASHE
28
___-do-well : NEER
29
Charges on personal property : LIENS
31
Trims a photograph : CROPS
32
Colloquial affirmative : SURE
33
Rainbow goddess : IRIS
34
Word with thermo or gyro : STAT
36
In the preceding month : ULTIMO
37
Drudge, in Honduras : PEON
38
Galley gear : OARS
42
Interstices : SPACES
43
" ... killed for him the ___ calf": Luke 15:30 : FATTED
44
Hawaiian island : OAHU
45
Emerge from an egg : HATCH
46
Balzac's "La Messe de l'___" : ATHEE
47
Years of youth : TEENS
48
Southwestern gathering for folk dances : BAILE
50
Amos of the Kansas City Royals : OTIS
51
___-de-camp : AIDE
52
The good earth : SOIL
53
Poker stake : ANTE
55
Gist of a story : NUB
56
B. & O. stop : STA
57
Loser to H.S.T. : TED

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

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