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Herb L. Risteen
Herb L. Risteen

New York Times, Tuesday, May 6, 1980

25-Down : Fine fur

Author:
Herb L. Risteen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Herb L. Risteen has 244 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,137
Across
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Concerning : ASTO
5
Weight units : DRAMS
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Aleutian island nearest Japan : ATTU
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Bacteriology pioneer: 1828-98 : COHN
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Jack of old films : OAKIE
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"___ Can't Be Love," 1938 song : THIS
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Arnold Bennett novel: 1908 : THEOLDWIVESTALE
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Kind of sister : SOB
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Arabian port : ADEN
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Performer at Roosevelt Raceway : PACER
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Like some beavers : EAGER
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Avoid duty : SHIRK
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His hero is Paul Bunyan : LOGGER
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High-strung : TAUT
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German river : EMS
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Creator of Tattered Tom : ALGER
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Hollywood immortal : GABLE
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"Ole!" relative : RAH
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Interpret : READ
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Ruffle : FRILL
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Cause of harm : BANE
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Elongated fish : GAR
40
One of 50 : MAINE
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Irish river : BOYNE
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Printers' measures : ENS
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Grammatical goof : AINT
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C.I.A. head : TURNER
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Fragrances : ODORS
47
___ planes : CARGO
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Constantinople coin : ASPER
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Standard : NORM
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Double-U predecessor : VEE
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J. R. Lowell work: 1848 : THEBIGLOWPAPERS
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Fictional plantation : TARA
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Cowboy carnival : RODEO
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Goren coup : SLAM
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Culture medium : AGAR
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Uncompromising : STERN
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___ of Pines : ISLE
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"Hamlet" quintet : ACTS
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London film center : SOHO
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Gay work: 1728 : THEBEGGARSOPERA
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"Sail ___ Union ... ": Longfellow : ONO
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Walk unsteadily : DODDER
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More inexperienced : RAWER
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Related : AKIN
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Twice DII : MIV
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___ about (investigate) : SEE
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Perfume : ATTAR
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Victorian classics : THACKERAYNOVELS
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Roofing material : TILE
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Patron : USER
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Light beer : LAGER
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Rancor : SPITE
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Hoary : AGED
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Fine fur : SABLE
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Jane Addams's ___ House : HULL
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Extensive : LARGE
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City SSE of Buffalo : OLEAN
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Corrupt : TAINT
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Shelly ___, jazz drummer : MANNE
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Diaphanous : SHEER
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Beams : GRINS
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"___ stood the wind for France" : FAIR
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A four-time Wimbledon winner : BORG
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Soprano Kanawa is one : MAORI
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Where Rangoon is : BURMA
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Game fish : TARPON
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Exclude : DEBAR
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Show fear : COWER
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"___ boy!" : ATTA
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Kind of rug : SHAG
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Swelling : NODE
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Of an epoch : ERAL
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Salinger heroine : ESME
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Weight units: Abbr. : GRS
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Batch : LOT
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Greek letter : PSI

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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