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Herb L. Risteen
New York Times, Tuesday, June 21, 1955
47-Down : Sign of the zodiac.
Author:
H. L. Risteen
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { J Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 252 (avg 1.33)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Herb L. Risteen has 244 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
H. L. Risteen is an alias for Herb L. Risteen.
1 S | 2 N | 3 A | 4 C | 5 K | 6 B | 7 R | 8 I | 9 E | 10 R | 11 S | ||||
12 S | H | O | G | U | N | 13 S | 14 R | E | D | C | A | P | 15 S |
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16 L | A | T | E | R | A | L | 17 A | N | E | U | R | I | N |
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18 E | L | A | 19 E | V | I | 20 N | C | E | S | 21 I | R | A |
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22 E | L | B | 23 E | 24 E | P | E | E | S | 25 S | T | A | R |
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26 T | O | L | L | 27 S | 28 P | A | R | 29 S | T | A | E | L |
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30 T | E | M | P | 31 T | E | R | 32 S | C | E | N | A | S |
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33 T | E | A | R | 34 D | O | R | R | |||||||
35 F | 36 E | 37 R | R | E | R | 38 M | I | N | I | N | 39 G | 40 S | ||
41 A | G | U | E | D | 42 R | A | P | 43 M | A | L | T | 44 A |
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45 C | A | F | E | 46 S | E | N | N | 47 A | 48 L | E | O | N |
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49 E | L | F | 50 L | L | A | N | E | R | 51 O | 52 A | R | N |
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53 T | I | E | 54 B | E | A | M | 55 T | I | T | 56 A | N | I | A |
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57 S | T | R | I | A | T | E | 58 S | E | T | T | E | E | S |
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59 E | S | T | H | E | R | 60 S | O | A | R | S |
© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,184
Across
1
Light meal. : SNACK
6
Pipes. : BRIERS
12
Former tycoons. : SHOGUNS
14
Station workers. : REDCAPS
16
Of the side. : LATERAL
17
Name in British politics. : ANEURIN
18
High note. : ELA
19
Shows. : EVINCES
21
Chief officer of David. : IRA
22
Magdeburg's river. : ELBE
24
Swords. : EPEES
25
35 Across, for example. : STAR
26
Charges. : TOLLS
28
Equality. : PAR
29
Mme. de ___. : STAEL
30
Inveigler. : TEMPTER
32
Parts of operas: Mus. : SCENAS
33
Pull apart. : TEAR
34
Rhode Island rebel, 1842. : DORR
35
He played in "Ondine." : FERRER
38
Burrowings. : MININGS
41
Having chills. : AGUED
42
Blame: Slang. : RAP
43
Island south of Sicily. : MALTA
45
Eating place. : CAFE
46
Cassia plant. : SENNA
48
City in Mexico. : LEON
49
Brownie. : ELF
50
South American plainsman. : LLANERO
52
Former Kansas Governor. : ARN
53
Building timber. : TIEBEAM
55
Ovid's name for Diana. : TITANIA
57
Mark with grooves. : STRIATE
58
Furniture. : SETTEES
59
Aquatic V. I. P. (first name). : ESTHER
60
Is elevated. : SOARS
Down
1
Onion. : SHALLOT
2
Famous person. : NOTABLE
3
Period of time. : AGE
4
French clergyman. : CURE
5
Playing card. : KNAVE
6
Archer's wristband. : BRACER
7
Coty and Plevin. : RENES
8
Chemistry suffixes. : IDES
9
Small shield. : ECU
10
Rutgers' river. : RARITAN
11
Shrub of the rose family. : SPIRAEA
12
Kind of weather. : SLEET
13
Moccasin. : SLIPPER
15
Confusions. : SNARLS
20
Within little. : NEAR
23
New England's pride. : ELMTREE
25
Pertaining to the breastbone. : STERNAL
27
Car gear arrangement. : SPEED
29
Loosely woven cotton or linen. : SCRIM
31
Seagoing man. : TAR
32
Relative. : SON
34
Fishing gear. : DIPNETS
35
Aspects. : FACETS
36
Watchword of French Revolution. : EGALITE
37
Trumping bridge players. : RUFFERS
38
80-year-old author. : MANN
39
Field worker. : GLEANER
40
Literary output. : STORIES
42
Orange juice extractor. : REAMER
44
Coppers of India. : ANNAS
46
List. : SLATE
47
Sign of the zodiac. : ARIES
50
Jacob's wife. : LEAH
51
Pro-footballer Graham. : OTTO
54
Carpenter's tool. : BIT
56
___ standstill. : ATA
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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