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H. Hastings Reddall
H. Hastings Reddall

New York Times, Tuesday, June 3, 1986

5-Down : Thinning agents

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 X Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2 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. 13,356
Across
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High wave : BORE
5
System of beliefs : DOGMA
10
June heroes : DADS
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"Too bad!" : ALAS
15
Steel girder : IBEAM
16
Spoken : ORAL
17
Specks on a blue suit : LINT
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Slowly, to Seneca : LENTE
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Swinging entrance : GATE
20
Husband's "residence" when in disfavor : DOGHOUSE
22
Staggered : REELED
24
Ancient Roman military colony : ESTE
25
Recorded proceedings : ACTA
26
"For want of ___ ... " : AHORSE
29
Certain fishermen : SPEARERS
33
Rotten : BAD
34
Knight's protection : ARMOR
36
River embankment : LEVEE
37
In the sack : ABED
39
Reliable : SOLID
41
Freshwater fish : DACE
42
Single-masted vessel : SLOOP
44
Stakes : PALES
46
Unexploded bomb : DUD
47
Jan. 1 problem for some : HANGOVER
49
Intertwining pattern : LACERY
51
Courts : WOOS
52
Title for Hans : HERR
53
Roving : ERRANT
56
One-horse vehicles : DOGCARTS
60
Bide one's time : WAIT
61
Contralto Nikolaidi : ELENA
63
Common vetch : TARE
64
___ the Red : ERIC
65
Encountered again : REMET
66
Uniform : EVEN
67
Impetuous : RASH
68
Shop : STORE
69
Exploit : DEED
Down
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Like some coots or eagles : BALD
2
Highly spiced stew : OLIO
3
Phoned : RANG
4
Bride of King Ahasuerus : ESTHER
5
Thinning agents : DILUTERS
6
Portly : OBESE
7
Hereditary unit : GENE
8
Item at a door : MAT
9
Punish by a fine : AMERCE
10
With corners turned down : DOGEARED
11
Inland sea in Asia : ARAL
12
Palm fruit : DATE
13
Coaster : SLED
21
Pelion's supporter : OSSA
23
Catchall abbr. : ETAL
25
Month of showers : APRIL
26
Disconcert : ABASH
27
"Aquí se ___ inglés" : HABLA
28
"___ Melancholy": Keats : ODEON
29
Of the sun : SOLAR
30
Elude : EVADE
31
Happen again : RECUR
32
Like skid row : SEEDY
35
Is gloomy and dispirited : MOPES
38
Short period of Navy duty : DOGWATCH
40
Entrust to another : DELEGATE
43
Mastwood : POON
45
Flesh: Comb. form : SARC
48
Campaign targets : VOTERS
50
Boxed : CRATED
52
Sharpener : HONER
53
Pitcher : EWER
54
___ avis : RARA
55
Danish-American writer : RIIS
56
Showroom car, for short : DEMO
57
Speak irrationally : RAVE
58
Kind of house or frog : TREE
59
Transmit : SEND
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Permitted : LET

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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