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Hugh P. Holland
Hugh P. Holland

New York Times, Wednesday, July 17, 1974

Author:
Hugh P. Holland
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q V X }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 20.1
Hugh P. Holland has 3 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,104
Across
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Mail staple : BILL
5
Oleate : ESTER
10
Feminine suffix : ETTE
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Wings : ALAE
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Soul : ANIMA
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Muddy up : ROIL
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Minnelli : LIZA
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"___ the pity!" : MORES
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Notion: Prefix : IDEO
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Replica of a famous ship : MAYFLOWERSECOND
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"___, two, buckle my ... " : ONE
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Brazilian natives : GES
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Connelly et al. : MARCS
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John ____ : DOE
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Lion ___ : TAMER
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Pastry worker : ICER
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Tree : FIR
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Mexican fare : TAMALE
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Mass. flower : TRAILINGARBUTUS
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Colonist's greeter : REDMAN
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Cuckoo : ANI
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Kind of effect : SIDE
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Letters : ESSES
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Mass. cape : ANN
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Poetic brothers' name : BENET
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Flight-board abbr. : ARR
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She-bear: Sp. : OSA
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Famous stepping-stone : THEPLYMOUTHROCK
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Noble : EARL
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Thomas or Boy : DANNY
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Turkish title : AGHA
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Inter ___ : ALIA
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Develop : EDUCE
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Connery : SEAN
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"___ fingered dawn" : ROSY
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Tears down: Var. : RASES
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Kind of house : PENT
Down
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___ of Gilead : BALM
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Pelvic bones : ILIA
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Susan, e.g. : LAZY
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Thumb through a book : LEAF
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De Valera : EAMON
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Winterbound : SNOWEDIN
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Tucker out : TIRE
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Come forth : EMERGE
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Civet : RASSE
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Writer Bentley : ERIC
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Fuss : TODO
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Thine, in Paris : TIEN
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Hypothetical force : ELOD
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___ Gatos : LOS
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Founded: Abbr. : ESTAB
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Clerical headdress : MITRE
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Bob of "The Rivals" : ACRES
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Does palmistry : READS
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Arson or peculation : CRIME
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Pipe or house : ORGAN
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Entertain : AMUSE
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Prayer : MATIN
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Dodge : ELUDE
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Adjust again : RESET
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Sub stabilizer : FIN
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Numerical prefix : TRI
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Utah range : LASAL
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Make public : ANNOUNCE
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Spain's pride of 1500's : ARMADA
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Cry of contempt : BAH
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Golf cup : RYDER
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Eye swellings: Var. : STYES
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Disrupt : TEAR
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Moon arc : HALO
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Greek goddess : ERIS
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Certain Jack's need : PLAY
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Burden : ONUS
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Irritate : RASP
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Curved molding : OGEE
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Sleuth Charlie : CHAN
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Immanuel of philosophy : KANT

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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