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Herb L. Risteen
Herb L. Risteen

New York Times, Thursday, August 29, 1974

36-Across : On a shoestring

Author:
Herb L. Risteen
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.68, Missing: { J Q V X }, Scrabble score: 296 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, 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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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,147
Across
1
Brazilian state : PARA
5
Tourist isle : CAPRI
10
Impudence : SASS
14
Woeful word : ALAS
15
Close by, in poems : ANEAR
16
Pizzaro victim : INCA
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Clean out in a way : WASHONESHANDSOF
20
Kind of service : LIP
21
Show exhaustion : PANT
22
Winglike : ALATE
23
___ songs : PART
24
Info : DOPE
26
German goblin : KOBOLD
29
Lugosi : BELA
30
Dallas campus : SMU
33
Swiss river : AARE
34
George of TV : GOBEL
35
Possesses : HAS
36
On a shoestring : FROMHANDTOMOUTH
40
N. Z. parrot : KEA
41
Medicinal plant juices : ALOES
42
Stake : ANTE
43
Do arithmetic : ADD
44
Cadges : BUMS
45
Gray ___ : MATTER
47
Fruit : LIME
48
Gridiron yard-gainer : PASS
49
Egyptian leader : SADAT
52
Nautical man : MATE
53
Pershing's group : AEF
56
Takes up : TURNSONESHANDTO
60
Of hearing : OTIC
61
Ex ___ : PARTE
62
Book before Nehemiah : EZRA
63
English poet : POPE
64
White House name : TYLER
65
Strip : PEEL
Down
1
Ratchet-wheel part : PAWL
2
Jai ___ : ALAI
3
Kind of berry : RASP
4
Hardwood : ASH
5
Hoax : CANARD
6
Concerning : ANENT
7
DDT target : PEST
8
Stadium sound : RAH
9
Man's name : IRA
10
Move furtively : SIDLE
11
Handle of an old vase : ANSA
12
Man with a caber : SCOT
13
Yegg's target : SAFE
18
Ring gem : OPAL
19
War weapon : NAPALM
23
"Trees," for one : POEM
24
Ledger entries : DEBTS
25
Grocery item : OLEO
26
Austrian novelist : KAFKA
27
Rowed a boat : OARED
28
Kind of ax or cloth : BROAD
29
Portends : BODES
30
Put aside : SHUNT
31
Dull finish : MATTE
32
___ in (introduce) : USHER
34
Dwarf : GNOME
37
Special clothes : HABITS
38
Astringent : ALUM
39
Stable fare : OATS
45
Cotton of Colonial days : MATHER
46
Confused : ASEA
47
Old weapon : LANCE
48
Hit hard : PASTE
49
Organ part : STOP
50
Kind of suggestion : AUTO
51
Plumbing problem : DRIP
52
Blackbird : MERL
53
Cutting tool : ADZE
54
Raison d'___ : ETRE
55
Young animal : FOAL
57
Make a choice : OPT
58
Vote : NAY
59
Little knot : NEP

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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