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H. Hastings Reddall
H. Hastings Reddall

New York Times, Monday, April 22, 1985

9-Down : Superlative suffix

Author:
H. Hastings Reddall
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, 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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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 12,949
Across
1
Pack down lightly : TAMP
5
Sea mosses : ALGAE
10
Tuck away : STOW
14
African plant : ALOE
15
Posts : MAILS
16
Yearn : PINE
17
___ Park, Calif. : REDWOODNATIONAL
20
Chopping tool : AXE
21
Club assessments : DUES
22
Fixed in position : RIGID
23
Beethoven's birthplace : BONN
24
Calabooses : COOLERS
26
Tasmania's capital : HOBART
29
Pleased expressions : GRINS
30
And others: Lat. abbr. : ETAL
31
Increase a poker bet : RAISE
32
Crooked : WRY
35
Trees on which silkworms feed : WHITEMULBERRIES
39
Trampoline : NET
40
Roman date : NONES
41
Kind of chamber : ANTE
42
E.r.a., r.b.i., etc. : STATS
43
Quoits player : TOSSER
45
Collects in condensed form : ADSORBS
48
Journey : TRIP
49
___ Abzug : BELLA
50
Stain : SOIL
51
Droop : SAG
54
Long Island hard-shell delicacy : BLUEPOINTOYSTER
58
Baking compartment : OVEN
59
War horse : STEED
60
A Dumas : PERE
61
Examine : TEST
62
"If My Friends Could ___ Now," 1966 song : SEEME
63
Port opposite Taiwan : AMOY
Down
1
Scarlett's home : TARA
2
Actor Karras : ALEX
3
Style : MODE
4
Church seat : PEW
5
Quantity : AMOUNT
6
Burdened : LADEN
7
Certain snares : GINS
8
Ga. neighbor : ALA
9
Superlative suffix : EST
10
Victor's loot : SPOILS
11
Trace of color : TINGE
12
Walk ___ (be elated) : ONAIR
13
Joins inseparably : WELDS
18
Fragrance : ODOR
19
Tuesday worker, in a refrain : IRONER
23
Latvian, e.g. : BALT
24
Babies' beds : CRIBS
25
French river : OISE
26
Cut down : HEWN
27
Will-___-wisp : OTHE
28
Night crawlers : BAIT
29
Big blows : GALES
31
Litter peewees : RUNTS
32
Triumphs : WINS
33
Neural network : RETE
34
North Sea feeder : YSER
36
Lure into danger : ENTRAP
37
Home of Lot's descendants : MOAB
38
Harsh sound : RASP
42
The ___, channel near the Isle of Wight : SOLENT
43
Vacuum tube : TRIODE
44
Unctuous : OILY
45
Prior's superior : ABBOT
46
Search carefully : DELVE
47
Turns sideways : SLUES
48
Kind of pole : TOTEM
50
Snick and ___ : SNEE
51
Part of a strawberry : STEM
52
Flying prefix : AERO
53
Author Zane : GREY
55
C.I.A. predecessor : OSS
56
Resident of: Suffix : ITE
57
Bath is one : SPA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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