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H. Hastings Reddall
H. Hastings Reddall

New York Times, Monday, April 22, 1985

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 Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 22.5
H. Hastings Reddall has 27 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 12,949
Across
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Pack down lightly : TAMP
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Sea mosses : ALGAE
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Tuck away : STOW
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African plant : ALOE
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Posts : MAILS
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Yearn : PINE
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___ Park, Calif. : REDWOODNATIONAL
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Chopping tool : AXE
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Club assessments : DUES
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Fixed in position : RIGID
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Beethoven's birthplace : BONN
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Calabooses : COOLERS
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Tasmania's capital : HOBART
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Pleased expressions : GRINS
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And others: Lat. abbr. : ETAL
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Increase a poker bet : RAISE
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Crooked : WRY
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Trees on which silkworms feed : WHITEMULBERRIES
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Trampoline : NET
40
Roman date : NONES
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Kind of chamber : ANTE
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E.r.a., r.b.i., etc. : STATS
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Quoits player : TOSSER
45
Collects in condensed form : ADSORBS
48
Journey : TRIP
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___ Abzug : BELLA
50
Stain : SOIL
51
Droop : SAG
54
Long Island hard-shell delicacy : BLUEPOINTOYSTER
58
Baking compartment : OVEN
59
War horse : STEED
60
A Dumas : PERE
61
Examine : TEST
62
"If My Friends Could ___ Now," 1966 song : SEEME
63
Port opposite Taiwan : AMOY
Down
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Scarlett's home : TARA
2
Actor Karras : ALEX
3
Style : MODE
4
Church seat : PEW
5
Quantity : AMOUNT
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Burdened : LADEN
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Certain snares : GINS
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Ga. neighbor : ALA
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Superlative suffix : EST
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Victor's loot : SPOILS
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Trace of color : TINGE
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Walk ___ (be elated) : ONAIR
13
Joins inseparably : WELDS
18
Fragrance : ODOR
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Tuesday worker, in a refrain : IRONER
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Latvian, e.g. : BALT
24
Babies' beds : CRIBS
25
French river : OISE
26
Cut down : HEWN
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Will-___-wisp : OTHE
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Night crawlers : BAIT
29
Big blows : GALES
31
Litter peewees : RUNTS
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Triumphs : WINS
33
Neural network : RETE
34
North Sea feeder : YSER
36
Lure into danger : ENTRAP
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Home of Lot's descendants : MOAB
38
Harsh sound : RASP
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The ___, channel near the Isle of Wight : SOLENT
43
Vacuum tube : TRIODE
44
Unctuous : OILY
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Prior's superior : ABBOT
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Search carefully : DELVE
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Turns sideways : SLUES
48
Kind of pole : TOTEM
50
Snick and ___ : SNEE
51
Part of a strawberry : STEM
52
Flying prefix : AERO
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Author Zane : GREY
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C.I.A. predecessor : OSS
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Resident of: Suffix : ITE
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Bath is one : SPA

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

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