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H. Hastings Reddall
H. Hastings Reddall

New York Times, Monday, May 26, 1986

Author:
H. Hastings Reddall
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q U V X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 262 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 2, Grid flow: 35.5 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. 13,348
Across
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William Howard ___ : TAFT
5
Bring an egg to fruition : HATCH
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Word written on a check : CASH
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Operatic melody : ARIA
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Tall palm : ARECA
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Winglike structures : ALAE
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For fear that : LEST
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Jot : MINIM
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Athletic group : TEAM
20
Marsh plants : CATTAILS
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Their job has strings attached : LACERS
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Building additions : ELLS
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Flat-topped land elevation : MESA
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___ de corps : ESPRIT
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Knee bones : PATELLAE
33
Top flier : ACE
34
Pisa's leaner : TOWER
36
Arrange in proper order : ALINE
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Flesh: Comb. form : SARC
39
Tweet and twee : NOTES
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Arouse : STIR
42
Hebrew prophet : ELIAS
44
Kilns : OASTS
46
Certain New Havenite : ELI
47
___ and testament : LASTWILL
49
Main course : ENTREE
51
Prohibits : BANS
52
Sound like a rooster : CROW
53
Nautical poles : SPRITS
56
Narrow pathways : CATWALKS
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Stadium section : TIER
61
Horowitz music maker : PIANO
63
Supreme Court number : NINE
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Mimicked : APED
65
Knight's protection : ARMOR
66
"___ and bear it" : GRIN
67
Pete Rose's team : REDS
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Backs of necks : NAPES
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Tennis groupings : SETS
Down
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Face-powder ingredient : TALC
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Region : AREA
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Clenched hand : FIST
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Shred : TATTER
5
Famed Federalist : HAMILTON
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Seed coverings : ARILS
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Bills portraying 5 Down : TENS
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Roman 201 : CCI
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Small village : HAMLET
10
Cries of disapproval : CATCALLS
11
Downwind : ALEE
12
West German river : SAAR
13
___ and haws : HEMS
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Landed : ALIT
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On the deep : ASEA
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Female equines : MARES
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Artist's stand : EASEL
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Actress Gia ___ : SCALA
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Fairies : PERIS
29
Flower part : PETAL
30
European quart : LITER
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Like a beldam : ANILE
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Very strange : EERIE
35
Merino products : WOOLS
38
Mewing fliers : CATBIRDS
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Snores : STERTORS
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Sudden blow to a fly : SWAT
45
Slalom surface : SNOW
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Yoke, in Capetown : INSPAN
50
Sherwood Forest sounds : TWANGS
52
Buckeye, e.g. : CANOE
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Magi guide : STAR
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Kind of organ : PIPE
55
Tall grass : REED
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David, e.g. : CAMP
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Italian currency : LIRE
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___ one, purl two : KNIT
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City of the Huguenots : SENS
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Writer Levin : IRA

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