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H. Hastings Reddall
H. Hastings Reddall

New York Times, Saturday, August 21, 1976

Author:
H. Hastings Reddall
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, 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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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,870
Across
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Coast Guard girl : SPAR
5
Freshet : SPATE
10
Extol : LAUD
14
Wide-mouthed jar : OLLA
15
Weight unit : CARAT
16
River of Italy : ARNO
17
Army hopefuls : WESTPOINTCADETS
20
___ Paulo : SAO
21
Function : ROLE
22
Aladdin's friend : GENIE
23
Cave dwellers : BATS
24
Ireland's stone : EMERALD
26
Moslem house quarters : HAREMS
29
Architects' renderings : PLANS
30
On the deep : ASEA
31
Like the "Macbeth" sisters : WEIRD
32
Man's nickname : NED
35
Where Tecumseh reigns : THENAVALACADEMY
39
Slippery one : EEL
40
Does road work : PAVES
41
Site of 1813 naval battle : ERIE
42
Gift recipient : DONEE
43
Fliers : PILOTS
45
Set oneself against : STEELED
48
Carpenter's aid : VISE
49
Fable's punchline : MORAL
50
Heating chamber : KILN
51
"___ your age!" : ACT
54
Former Army branch : AIRFORCEOFTHEUS
58
Wild plum : SLOE
59
Poplar : ABELE
60
Odd, in Scotland : ORRA
61
German title : HERR
62
Money in Iraq : DINAR
63
War of 1899–1902 : BOER
Down
1
Plants : SOWS
2
"Guilty," e.g. : PLEA
3
___-ran : ALSO
4
Start of a drum sound : RAT
5
Darts : SCOOTS
6
Buckets : PAILS
7
English composer : ARNE
8
Work on lace : TAT
9
Common abbr. : ETC
10
Cargo workers : LADERS
11
Amphitheater : ARENA
12
Before : UNTIL
13
Administered : DOSED
18
Baby carriage : PRAM
19
Schedule : AGENDA
23
Kind of pole or stalk : BEAN
24
Howe : ELIAS
25
Grape refuse : MARC
26
Shrink from : HATE
27
Tennis name : ASHE
28
Fishing need : REEL
29
Volcanic peak : PELEE
31
Fluttered : WAVED
32
Pianist Peter : NERO
33
Send forth : EMIT
34
Eosin and aniline : DYES
36
Handsome god : APOLLO
37
Wind indicator : VANE
38
Take out : DELE
42
More unheeding : DEAFER
43
Filch : PILFER
44
Common contraction : ISNT
45
Tennis coup de grâce : SMASH
46
Linen cloth : TOILE
47
Baseball statistic : ERROR
48
Stringed instrument : VIOLA
50
Sharp : KEEN
51
Aviation prefix : AERO
52
Preserve : CURE
53
Ruler : TSAR
55
Curies' discovery: Abbr. : RAD
56
W.W. II area in Asia : CBI
57
Raise ___ (make trouble) : HOB

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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