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Herb L. Risteen
Herb L. Risteen

New York Times, Tuesday, July 28, 1959

31-Down : Harp of Hellas.

Author:
H. L. Risteen
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { F Q Z }, Scrabble score: 303 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Herb L. Risteen has 244 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
H. L. Risteen is an alias for Herb L. Risteen.
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,665
Across
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Creator of Salomey. : CAPP
5
Popular hairdo. : BOB
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Legal rights. : DROIT
13
Another: Span. : OTRO
14
Down: Prefix. : CATA
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Motorist's course. : ROUTE
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Water bird. : COOT
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Terrifying tale. : HAIRRAISER
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Recorded, as a TV show. : ONTAPE
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Baby's sound of contentment. : CROW
22
Scottish cap. : TAM
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Becomes furious: Colloq. : SEESRED
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Down ___. : EAST
27
Texas-Kansas frontier road. : CHISHOLMTRAIL
32
Hire out. : LET
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American plan item. : MEAL
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Rachel Field's little heroine. : HITTY
36
Pygmy antelope. : ORIBI
38
Leather. : KID
40
Wheat grown for cattle in Europe. : EMMER
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Catlike animal. : CIVET
42
Meat. : VEAL
44
Bauxite. : ORE
45
That jittery feeling, dating from the 1920's. : HEEBIEJEEBIES
49
Bacchanal cry. : EVOE
50
Band worn by a priest at Mass. : MANIPLE
53
Kimono sash. : OBI
56
The present month: Abbr. : INST
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Tie rope. : TETHER
59
Intermission at school. : RECESSTIME
62
Oyez! : HEAR
63
Affair. : EVENT
64
Town on 27 Across. : ENID
65
Gaelic tongue. : ERSE
66
Circular forms. : GYRES
67
King: Lat. : REX
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Grass like bamboo. : REED
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Palm tree. : COCOS
2
Make amends. : ATONE
3
Designating a type of tariff. : PROTECTIVE
4
Potassium. : POTASH
5
"Whiffenpoof" word. : BAA
6
Of the ear. : OTIC
7
Drum; cylinder. : BARREL
8
Sets a limit. : DRAWSTHELINE
9
King: Fr. : ROI
10
Turn out. : OUST
11
Willow genus. : ITEA
12
Duration. : TERM
14
Wisconsin product. : CHEESE
18
Go aimlessly. : ROAM
20
"Return to nature" group. : PRIMITIVISTS
24
Dye-yielding tree of East Indies. : DHAK
26
Adorn. : TRIM
28
Shade of green. : OLIVE
29
Surrounding influence. : ATMOSPHERE
30
Roman road. : ITER
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Harp of Hellas. : LYRE
32
Lake in the Lowlands. : LOCH
33
Pennsylvania lake port. : ERIE
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Actress ___ Daniels of silent films. : BEBE
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Judge. : DEEM
43
Let up. : ABATED
46
Untold ages. : EONS
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Cap-and-bells wearer. : JESTER
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One or the other. : EITHER
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Legal document. : LEASE
52
Went astray. : ERRED
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Washington's neighbor: Abbr. : OREG
54
Group of girls. : BEVY
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Deep freeze. : ICER
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Spike. : TINE
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Chemical suffix. : ENE
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Blend. : MIX

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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