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H. Hastings Reddall
H. Hastings Reddall

New York Times, Tuesday, June 24, 1986

30-Down : Chess and checkers

Author:
H. Hastings Reddall
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { H J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 243 (avg 1.29)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
H. Hastings Reddall has 27 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,377
Across
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___ or fiction : FACT
5
Lock of hair : TRESS
10
Chinese secret society : TONG
14
Peruvian Indian : INCA
15
Spokes : RADII
16
Cain's victim : ABEL
17
Indigo plant : ANIL
18
Representative : AGENT
19
Hebrides island : IONA
20
Spiral descent of a plane : TAILSPIN
22
Cultivated land : TILLED
24
Terminations : ENDS
25
Titanic's bane : BERG
26
Music lover's purchase : STEREO
29
Dismal period of time : DARKAGES
33
Fortify : ARM
34
Red dye used in cosmetics : EOSIN
36
Not fresh : STALE
37
___ armis (with force and arms) : VIET
39
Wanders about : ROVES
41
Middle East chieftain : EMIR
42
Heating devices : ETNAS
44
Endures : LASTS
46
French summer : ETE
47
Insurrection : SEDITION
49
Aggressive poker player : RAISER
51
Boys : LADS
52
Speaker's platform : DAIS
53
Swift product : SATIRE
56
Made to order : TAILORED
60
Portent : OMEN
61
Once more : AGAIN
63
Body of knowledge : LORE
64
Three-___ circus : RING
65
"To a ___," Burns poem : LOUSE
66
Finished : DONE
67
Augments : ADDS
68
Woodland god : SATYR
69
Strained to get by : EKED
Down
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Arbitrary decree : FIAT
2
___ Eleanor Roosevelt : ANNA
3
Roman 202 : CCII
4
Having greater stature : TALLER
5
Opening on a stage floor : TRAPDOOR
6
Old World cereal grasses : RAGIS
7
Former British prime minister : EDEN
8
Transgress : SIN
9
Baby ___ : SITTER
10
Follow another car too closely : TAILGATE
11
Ancient Greek coin : OBOL
12
Hawaiian goose : NENE
13
___ rags : GLAD
21
Snick and ___ : SNEE
23
Annoys : IRKS
25
Ruins : BANES
26
Rescues : SAVES
27
Like an old chestnut : TRITE
28
Castigate texts : EMEND
29
Couch : DIVAN
30
Chess and checkers : GAMES
31
Top of the heap : ELITE
32
More withered : SERER
35
One-man flights : SOLOS
38
Refuse from ground ore : TAILINGS
40
Filter : STRAINER
43
Rigel is one : STAR
45
Depart by boat : SAIL
48
Exemplars : IDEALS
50
Legendary Irish princess : ISOLDE
52
Bumstead's dog : DAISY
53
Marsh bird : SORA
54
Anagram for maid : AMID
55
Look after : TEND
56
Drawn tight : TAUT
57
Crow : ROOK
58
Relative of a bonebreaker : ERNE
59
Property conveyance : DEED
62
Antelope of Tibet : GOA

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1 unique to this puzzle, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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