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Herb L. Risteen
Herb L. Risteen

New York Times, Tuesday, June 26, 1979

45-Down : Stylishness

Author:
Herb L. Risteen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 298 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 3
Herb L. Risteen has 244 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,822
Across
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Item sometimes taken from the horse's mouth : BIT
4
Bakery delicacy : WAFER
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Goya's "Woman with ___" : AFAN
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Yearn : ACHE
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Superior to : ABOVE
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In the flesh : LIVE
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Bracken, for one : FERN
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Turned suddenly : SLUED
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Oscar winner in 1958 : IVES
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MacMurray : FRED
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"He was ___ man ... " : HER
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Villains' vile looks : LEERS
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Magdeburg's river : ELBE
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Duds : LEMONS
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The north wind, personified : BOREAS
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English essayist : ELIA
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Do handwork : TAT
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Sea or stew : IRISH
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Glaswegian's child : BAIRN
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"___ my brother's keeper?" : AMI
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Spanish notables : DONS
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Big and strong : HEFTY
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Field yield : CROP
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Eur. land : ENG
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Higher power in "Star Wars" : FORCE
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Not genuine : BOGUS
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"Gunsmoke" character : DOC
44
Biblical brother : ABEL
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N.Y.C. section in an 1892 song : BOWERY
46
Entirely : INTOTO
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Mr. Glendower : OWEN
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Lively frolic : SPREE
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Word with Bismarck or Hindenburg : VON
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Do farm work : REAP
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Type size : PICA
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Instrument : AGENT
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For that reason : ERGO
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Asian river : AMUR
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Stupor: Comb. form : NARCO
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Mild expletive : DARN
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News service : TASS
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"Hedda Gabler" playwright : IBSEN
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"___ on, Macduff" : LAY
Down
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Duffer's golf stroke : BAFF
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Food-preserving device : ICER
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Symbol of confusion and profusion : THREERINGCIRCUS
4
Thin coats of watercolors : WASHES
5
Simian space traveler: 1959 : ABLE
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Good-luck bringers : FOURLEAFCLOVERS
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Time of day, poetically : EVE
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Kind of salmon or herring : RED
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Outlander : ALIEN
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Top of the brass : FIVESTARGENERAL
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Make an unequivocal statement : AVER
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Early TV hero : NESS
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Infinite : ENDLESS
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Bank decision : LOAN
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Exclamation of disgust : BAH
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The best : ELITE
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Like a morass : MIRY
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Tarried : BIDED
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New England college town : ORONO
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Chanson subject : AMOUR
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Not fit to drive : TIPSY
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Le Havre hat : BERET
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Footloose fellow : HOBO
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Shrank in fear : COWERED
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Kismet : FATE
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Crécy weapon: 1346 : BOW
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Stylishness : BONTON
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Approaches : NEARS
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Honeymoon spoiler : SPAT
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Arizona Indian : PIMA
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"___ in Love with Amy" : ONCE
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Taj Mahal city : AGRA
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___ up (pay) : PONY
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Tropical bird : ANI
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Chatter : GAB

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