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Kenneth Haxton
Kenneth Haxton

New York Times, Saturday, July 5, 1986

43-Down : Prepared

Author:
Kenneth Haxton
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.64, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 248 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Kenneth Haxton has 19 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
Notepad: An additional clue at the end of the list: 64 Diagonal "Court star"
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R
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A
3
M
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A
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L
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O
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G
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E
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E
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B
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A
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L
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D
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E
V
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T
A
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F
O
R
M
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E
N
Y
O
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S
O
D
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M
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T
O
G
A
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L
O
R
N
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W
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M
B
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L
E
D
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N
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L
A
E
T
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I
O
N
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A
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L
O
S
S
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S
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A
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R
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O
N
G
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S
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E
T
A
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A
G
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N
G
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S
H
R
E
D
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D
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E
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R
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S
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M
A
L
E
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F
I
E
N
D
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E
R
I
E
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P
R
E
S
42
E
R
V
E
S
43
R
A
I
S
E
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N
E
A
T
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C
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N
S
E
R
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M
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A
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R
S
E
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I
R
A
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B
O
R
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F
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L
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O
R
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D
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I
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A
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N
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O
T
R
A
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A
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R
E
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I
N
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E
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R
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S
H
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N
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L
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N
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E
R
O
S
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64
C
Y
S
T
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L
U
N
E
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D
E
N
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E
© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,388
Across
1
Branchlike : RAMAL
6
Cyma recta : OGEE
10
Like a national emblem : BALD
14
Webber hit : EVITA
15
Shape : FORM
16
Greek war goddess : ENYO
17
Lot's hometown : SODOM
18
Roman habiliment : TOGA
19
Forsaken : LORN
20
Arena for 64 diagonal : WIMBLEDON
22
Kentish freedman : LAET
23
Particle in a cyclotron : ION
24
At ___ (bewildered) : ALOSS
26
Lamour garb : SARONG
30
"La Scala di ___": Rossini : SETA
32
Sometimes distasteful process : AGING
33
CIA document destroyers : SHREDDERS
38
Buck or drake : MALE
39
Beelzebub, e.g. : FIEND
40
City in Kansas : ERIE
41
Grandma's canning pride : PRESERVES
43
Employment boost : RAISE
44
Dapper : NEAT
45
Incense pan : CENSER
46
T.N. Page's "___ Chan" : MARSE
49
"Porgy" lyricist : IRA
50
Singer Lucrezia : BORI
51
What 64 diagonal is by birth : FLORIDIAN
57
Goya's other woman : OTRA
58
Origin of a large terrier : AIRE
59
Kind of sole : INNER
61
Asiatic language : SHAN
62
"A Passage to India" director : LEAN
63
Irregularly notched : EROSE
64
Sac : CYST
65
Inspiration for Debussy : LUNE
66
Thick-headed : DENSE
Down
1
Scale notes : RES
2
Declare : AVOW
3
Southern France : MIDI
4
Alphabet's first half : ATOM
5
Giving birth, as a ewe : LAMBING
6
Many times : OFTEN
7
Describing Ford Maddox Ford's soldier : GOOD
8
Syllogist's word : ERGO
9
Flowed forth : EMANATED
10
Beautiful, to Loren : BELLO
11
Celebes oxen : ANOAS
12
Orphic instruments : LYRES
13
Mother's admonition : DONT
21
Nautical diary : LOG
25
Housman's "A Shropshire ___" : LAD
26
American Indian porridge : SAMP
27
Shirley Temple's first husband : AGAR
28
Upset : RILE
29
"Washingtons" : ONES
30
Notebook part : SHEET
31
Pelagic birds : ERNS
33
Indian destroyer : SIVA
34
Dizzy or Daffy : DEAN
35
Greek goddess of discord : ERIS
36
Singer Stevens : RISE
37
Clairvoyant : SEER
39
Parachute maneuver : FREEFALL
42
Annapolis grad. : ENS
43
Prepared : READIED
45
Dernier ___ : CRI
46
Full of clothes-eating larvae : MOTHY
47
Hanging : ARRAS
48
Laughing : RIANT
49
Debbie Reynolds vehicle : IRENE
50
Winter pear : BOSC
52
Stead : LIEU
53
Algerian port : ORAN
54
Concerning : INRE
55
Most quoted author : ANON
56
Headland : NESS
60
Female ruff : REE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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