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Herb L. Risteen
New York Times, Tuesday, May 15, 1962
13-Across : Done with great effort.
Author:
H. R. Baraboo
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.46, Missing: { F J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 256 (avg 1.34)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Herb L. Risteen has 244 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
H. R. Baraboo is an alias for Herb L. Risteen.
1 S | 2 L | 3 A | 4 C | 5 K | 6 S | 7 B | 8 L | 9 A | 10 S | 11 T | 12 S |
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13 L | A | B | O | R | E | 14 D | 15 S | E | A | L | I | O | N |
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16 O | C | A | R | I | N | A | 17 T | A | R | A | N | T | O |
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18 P | O | L | 19 S | O | N | 20 G | A | N | D | 21 C | A | R |
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22 E | N | O | 23 W | 24 R | I | O | T | S | 25 P | E | L | T |
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26 D | I | N | E | 27 S | 28 T | O | E | 29 H | A | R | E | S |
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30 C | E | L | E | 31 B | E | S | 32 A | I | R | E | D | |||
33 L | O | O | S | E | 34 E | N | D | S | ||||||
35 C | 36 A | S | U | S | 37 S | A | T | E | E | 38 N | 39 S | |||
40 K | A | B | U | L | 41 R | T | S | 42 S | E | A | T | 43 O |
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44 A | T | I | P | 45 P | O | E | T | 46 A | 47 S | I | R | S |
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48 T | O | L | 49 R | O | M | P | E | R | 50 S | 51 V | I | I |
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52 A | N | E | 53 M | O | N | E | 54 R | E | L | 55 I | E | V | E |
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56 R | I | N | A | L | D | O | 57 S | C | U | T | T | E | R |
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58 S | C | E | N | E | S | 59 A | M | E | E | R | S |
© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,687
Across
1
Popular garment. : SLACKS
7
Trumpet sounds. : BLASTS
13
Done with great effort. : LABORED
15
Pacific seal. : SEALION
16
Wind instrument. : OCARINA
17
Italian seaport. : TARANTO
18
Baltic country: Abbr. : POL
19
___ dance (explanation of sorts). : SONGAND
21
Pullman. : CAR
22
Sufficient: Poet. : ENOW
24
Brawls. : RIOTS
25
Trapping trophy. : PELT
26
Feasts. : DINES
28
Italy's tip. : TOE
29
Long-eared animals. : HARES
30
Indonesian island. : CELEBES
32
Displayed. : AIRED
33
Fragments of unfinished business. : LOOSEENDS
35
___ belli. : CASUS
37
Cotton fabrics. : SATEENS
40
Afghanistan's capital. : KABUL
41
Rights: Abbr. : RTS
42
Contemporary pact. : SEATO
44
On tiptoe. : ATIP
45
Ovid, for example. : POETA
47
Titled ones. : SIRS
48
Chemical prefix. : TOL
49
Children's wear. : ROMPERS
51
Clock dial number. : VII
52
Spring bloom. : ANEMONE
54
Lighten. : RELIEVE
56
Tasso hero. : RINALDO
57
Scurry about. : SCUTTER
58
Affected demonstrations. : SCENES
59
Far East princes. : AMEERS
Down
1
Inclined. : SLOPED
2
Concise. : LACONIC
3
Gastropod mollusk. : ABALONE
4
Heart: Anat. : COR
5
Malay dagger: Var. : KRIS
6
Tampico title. : SENOR
7
Vegetables. : BEANS
8
Enrich. : LARD
9
Winglike part. : ALA
10
Faithful. : SINCERE
11
Added. : TOTALED
12
Equine sounds. : SNORTS
14
Biblical tribe. : DANITES
15
Alaska or Hawaii. : STATE
20
March. : GOOSESTEP
23
Gushes. : WELLSUP
25
Fire worshippers. : PARSEES
27
Asian capital. : SEOUL
29
Masks. : HIDES
31
Cattle genus. : BOS
32
Insect. : ANT
34
Certain winds. : EASTERS
35
Austere, in Roman style. : CATONIC
36
Texas city. : ABILENE
38
Artlessness. : NAIVETE
39
Contender. : STRIVER
40
Indian daggers. : KATARS
41
Mercutio's friend. : ROMEO
43
Willows. : OSIERS
45
Bodies of water. : PONDS
46
Palm tree. : ARECA
49
Ingenue, for one. : ROLE
50
Urban problem. : SLUM
53
Slangy exclamation. : MAN
55
Noun suffix. : ITE
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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