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Herb L. Risteen
New York Times, Friday, March 15, 1963
16-Across : Ordinary.
Author:
H. L. Risteen
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 260 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 33.6
Grid has duplicate clues.
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 H | 3 A | 4 M | 5 S | 6 L | 7 A | 8 P | 9 E | 10 L | 11 S |
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12 C | O | U | P | O | N | 13 S | 14 T | A | B | O | R | E | T |
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15 A | L | G | E | R | I | E | 16 R | O | U | T | I | N | E |
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17 S | O | U | 18 O | P | E | 19 R | A | N | T | 20 V | O | A |
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21 A | M | E | 22 R | 23 E | R | I | C | 24 S | 25 H | A | R | K |
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26 B | O | N | E | 27 R | S | 28 S | I | 29 F | 30 O | N | E | S |
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31 A | N | O | D | E | 32 K | N | O | 33 L | L | |||||
34 S | T | U | N | 35 T | 36 S | 37 G | R | I | L | 38 L | 39 E | |||
40 C | O | A | L | 41 S | 42 M | A | I | L | 43 S |
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44 S | 45 U | 46 R | E | 47 G | E | O | 48 C | E | N | T | A | L |
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49 C | R | E | D | 50 O | 51 E | L | 52 S | A | 53 D | E | M | I |
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54 R | A | M | 55 R | 56 A | V | E | N | N | 57 A | 58 R | I | D |
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59 A | N | I | 60 M | A | T | E | 61 A | D | U | 62 L | A | T | E |
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63 P | I | N | E | T | A | S | 64 P | I | R | A | T | E | S |
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65 S | A | D | D | E | N | 66 D | A | M | E | S |
© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 4,978
Across
1
Hoaxes. : SHAMS
6
Garment parts. : LAPELS
12
Money substitutes. : COUPONS
14
Small drum. : TABORET
15
One of de Gaulle's concerns. : ALGERIE
16
Ordinary. : ROUTINE
17
___'wester, type of hat. : SOU
18
Agent. : OPERANT
20
Important radio outfit. : VOA
21
Part of 20 Across: Abbr. : AMER
23
Ambler. : ERIC
24
Angelfish. : SHARK
26
Errata of a sort. : BONERS
28
Wife of Thor. : SIF
30
Numbers. : ONES
31
Electric terminal. : ANODE
32
Hillock. : KNOLL
34
Circus features. : STUNTS
37
Grating. : GRILLE
40
Newcastle products. : COALS
42
Certain daily deliveries. : MAILS
44
Incontestable. : SURE
47
Earth: Prefix. : GEO
48
Hundredweight. : CENTAL
49
Set of beliefs. : CREDO
51
Opera role. : ELSA
53
Half: Fr. : DEMI
54
Farm animal. : RAM
55
Where Dante's tomb is. : RAVENNA
58
Free from. : RID
59
Vivify. : ANIMATE
61
Flatter fawningly. : ADULATE
63
Certain woods, in Italy. : PINETAS
64
Spanish Main peril. : PIRATES
65
Depress. : SADDEN
66
Housewives, old style. : DAMES
Down
1
Pacific island group. : SOLOMONS
2
Frenchman. : HUGUENOT
3
Mandrill. : APE
4
Mindanao native. : MORO
5
Bog birds. : SNIPES
6
City NE of Soissons. : LAON
7
Borders upon. : ABUTS
8
Card playing term. : POT
9
Capital of Armenia. : ERIVAN
10
Poe ballad. : LENORE
11
Chophouse specialities. : STEAKS
12
Melon. : CASABA
13
Diviner. : SEER
14
Artist's copy. : TRACING
19
Insurance term. : RISK
22
Store sign. : REDUCED
25
Fabric used for window shades. : HOLLAND
27
City on the Truckee. : RENO
29
Suitable to. : FOR
33
Juicy fruit. : LIME
35
Der ___. : TAG
36
Garment parts. : SLEEVES
38
Educated. : LITERATE
39
Babylon's enemies. : ELAMITES
41
Menu item. : SOLE
43
Playground favorites. : SLIDES
44
Cracklings. : SCRAPS
45
Thalia's sister. : URANIA
46
Evoke something forgotten. : REMIND
48
One kind of camera. : CANDID
50
Wax eloquent. : ORATE
52
Vigor: Colloq. : SNAP
56
___ end (over). : ATAN
57
Emanation. : AURA
60
Of the Middle Ages: Abbr. : MED
62
Getaway: Slang. : LAM
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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