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H. Hastings Reddall
H. Hastings Reddall

New York Times, Friday, July 4, 1986

9-Down : H.H.H. was one

Author:
H. Hastings Reddall
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, 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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D
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A
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M
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E
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E
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L
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L
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I
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H
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E
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S
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A
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M
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Z
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T
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P
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C
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S
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P
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A
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S
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P
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O
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P
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T
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S
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R
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I
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B
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A
B
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A
R
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E
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V
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O
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B
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E
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K
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I
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C
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A
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A
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S
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S
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S
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E
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O
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L
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B
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E
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B
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N
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S
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N
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D
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N
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P
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,387
Across
1
Judith Anderson, e.g. : DAME
5
Island near 54 Across : ELLIS
10
"Take Her, ___ Mine" : SHES
14
Collections of items : ANAS
15
Shade of yellow : MAIZE
16
Elephant's ear : TARO
17
Time for celebrating in U.S.A. : INDEPENDENCEDAY
20
Lake, to Luther : SEE
21
Father of Calydon : ARES
22
"Tears" poet : REESE
23
Casts metal bars : PIGS
24
More widely spaced : SPARSER
26
Desire strongly : ASPIRE
29
Ruthian clouts : SWATS
30
Stake : PALE
31
Surrounder of Notre Dame : SEINE
32
Choose : OPT
35
Sousa subject : STARSANDSTRIPES
39
P.M. period in poesy : EEN
40
U.S. author and family : AGEES
41
Beth's Greek cousin : BETA
42
Cross as ___ : ABEAR
43
Device on a textile machine : EVENER
45
Cleopatra's Needle, e.g. : OBELISK
48
Holly tree : ILEX
49
Flowering shrub : LILAC
50
Gelatinous material : AGAR
51
Onager : ASS
54
Bartholdi sculpture : STATUEOFLIBERTY
58
Feminine suffix : ETTE
59
Oscillograph inventor : BRAUN
60
Writer O'Faoláin : SEAN
61
Exigency : NEED
62
Language of Iceland : NORSE
63
He wrote "Meh Lady" : PAGE
Down
1
Tribune : DAIS
2
Poet Sexton : ANNE
3
Constructed : MADE
4
Suffix with Annam : ESE
5
Finish spelunking : EMERGE
6
Sites of many strikes : LANES
7
Opercula : LIDS
8
Canon follower : IZE
9
H.H.H. was one : SEN
10
Coxes : STEERS
11
Pluto, to Pluto : HADES
12
Obliterate : ERASE
13
"Street Scene" painter : SOYER
18
Au ___ (at par) : PAIR
19
Lunar feature : CRATER
23
Pilaster : PIER
24
Sculptor Giacometti was one : SWISS
25
Fight for breath : PANT
26
Chevet : APSE
27
Please a gourmand : SATE
28
Townsend ___: 1933 : PLAN
29
Passover feast : SEDER
31
Kind of attack : SNEAK
32
Frank : OPEN
33
Jazzman Fountain : PETE
34
Autocrat : TSAR
36
Wood resembling mahogany : SABICU
37
What trees' rings reveal : AGES
38
Wild goat : IBEX
42
Having winglike parts : ALATED
43
Galahad's mother : ELAINE
44
Part of speech : VERB
45
Ole of comical fame : OLSEN
46
Please, in Berlin : BITTE
47
Raise spirits : ELATE
48
Arctic dwellings : IGLUS
50
On the horizon : AFAR
51
Hectarage, e.g. : AREA
52
Smoker : STAG
53
Since then, to Burns : SYNE
55
Naut. direction : EBN
56
Gold, in Genova : ORO
57
Phenomenon studied at Duke U. : ESP

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

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