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H. Hastings Reddall
H. Hastings Reddall

New York Times, Tuesday, March 18, 1986

Author:
H. Hastings Reddall
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { B J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, 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. 13,279
Across
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River in W. Germany : SAAR
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According to law : LEGAL
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Rumanian round dance : HORA
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Without a job : IDLE
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Growing outward : ENATE
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Supreme Norse deity : ODIN
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Hub : NAVE
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Mine entrances : ADITS
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Animal skin : PELT
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Having charm of form, movement, etc. : GRACEFUL
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Cubic meters : STERES
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___ and hearty : HALE
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Feline sound : MEOW
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He wrote "The Grass Harp" : CAPOTE
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Forebodings : PORTENTS
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Color : HUE
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Beginning : START
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Done in : SLAIN
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Costa loser : ADAM
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Sailing vessel : SLOOP
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This gives ade : LIME
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Type sizes : PICAS
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Phrase for a judgment against property : INREM
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Echelon formation : VEE
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___ silver : STERLING
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Those who christen : NAMERS
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Christmas : YULE
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Stevens of opera fame : RISE
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___-by-the-Sea, Calif. : CARMEL
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Without pity : RUTHLESS
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Kind of code or rug : AREA
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Useful : UTILE
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Spoken : ORAL
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Prevaricator : LIAR
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A natural at Reno : SEVEN
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Winged Victory : NIKE
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___ Bountiful : LADY
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Use extreme effort : EXERT
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Lose traction : SKID
Down
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Emulate Tina Turner : SING
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Jewish month : ADAR
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Thomas ___ Edison : ALVA
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Alpine phenomenon : REECHO
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Advertising circulars : LEAFLETS
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Provide some quality : ENDUE
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Writer Sheehy : GAIL
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D.A. : ATT
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One of two evils : LESSER
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Va. city with aspirations : HOPEWELL
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River in central Europe : ODER
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Get one's dander up : RILE
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Keleps, e.g. : ANTS
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Sign that may stop a truck : EATS
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Wee ones : TOTS
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Outboard ___ : MOTOR
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Ranchers' leggings : CHAPS
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Examine the records : AUDIT
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Shalom : PEACE
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Tine : PRONG
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Artless : NAIVE
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Stopwatch : TIMER
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Dirks of yore : SNEES
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Put in order : ALINE
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Redundant garden girl : MARYMARY
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Very sorry : PENITENT
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Turn sideways : SLUE
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Popular TV rerun : MASH
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Maltreat : ILLUSE
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Stockholders' bonanzas : MELONS
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Sovereign : RULER
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___ one's bluff : CALL
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Song for Scotto : ARIA
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Peruse : READ
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Tear apart : RIVE
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Composer Satie : ERIK
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Author Munro's pen name : SAKI
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Snow vehicle : SLED
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Bandleader Beneke : TEX

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

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