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Herb L. Risteen
New York Times, Friday, March 24, 1967
26-Across : Talent.
Author:
H. L. Risteen
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 31.9
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 W | 2 I | 3 T | 4 S | 5 D | 6 I | 7 A | 8 N | 9 A | 10 M | 11 A | 12 M | 13 A |
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14 A | N | A | K | 15 U | N | D | E | R | 16 C | O | V | E | R |
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17 I | N | K | Y | 18 R | H | E | U | M | A | T | I | S | M |
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19 T | O | E | 20 J | E | A | N | 21 T | O | D | A | Y |
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22 C | 23 H | U | R | N | 24 A | 25 B | E | R | ||||||
26 F | 27 L | A | I | R | 28 D | 29 I | V | E | R | S | 30 I | 31 O | 32 N |
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33 R | E | R | E | A | 34 D | 35 N | O | G | S | 36 N | R | A |
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37 O | V | E | R | 38 A | 39 G | A | N | A | 40 T | S | A | R |
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41 N | E | O | 42 S | N | O | W | 43 T | 44 W | O | A | N | D |
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45 D | E | F | 46 L | E | C | T | E | 47 D | 48 R | U | N | G | S |
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49 I | D | E | O | 50 A | 51 W | A | R | D | ||||||
52 M | 53 I | 54 L | N | E | 55 S | K | I | P | 56 O | 57 P | 58 T |
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59 O | R | I | E | N | 60 T | 61 A | T | O | R | 62 S | U | L | U |
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63 P | A | L | A | T | I | N | A | T | E | 64 E | T | O | N |
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65 S | E | A | L | 66 D | E | G | A | S | 67 A | S | W | E |
© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,432
Across
1
Quipsters. : WITS
5
Roman goddess. : DIANA
10
Chief cook, bottlewasher, etc. : MAMA
14
Biblical giant. : ANAK
15
Hidden. : UNDERCOVER
17
Black. : INKY
18
Disease. : RHEUMATISM
19
Digit. : TOE
20
Harlow. : JEAN
21
TV program. : TODAY
22
Dairy feature. : CHURN
24
But: Ger. : ABER
26
Talent. : FLAIR
28
Pastime. : DIVERSION
33
Go over again. : REREAD
35
Egg drinks. : NOGS
36
FDR agency. : NRA
37
Terminated. : OVER
38
Port of Guam. : AGANA
40
Ruler. : TSAR
41
___-Gothic. : NEO
42
Whiteness. : SNOW
43
Put ___ two together. : TWOAND
45
Turned aside. : DEFLECTED
48
Crosspieces. : RUNGS
49
Thought: Prefix. : IDEO
50
Prize. : AWARD
52
English author. : MILNE
55
One of an active trio. : SKIP
56
Make a choice. : OPT
59
Aeronautics device for pilot training. : ORIENTATOR
62
Pacific sea. : SULU
63
German region. : PALATINATE
64
Harrow's rival. : ETON
65
Fasten. : SEAL
66
French painter. : DEGAS
67
"___ were marching ... " : ASWE
Down
1
Be at hand. : WAIT
2
___ time. : INNO
3
Tend to. : TAKECAREOF
4
Firmament. : SKY
5
Great name in art. : DURER
6
Under control. : INHAND
7
Arabian gulf. : ADEN
8
Modern: Ger. : NEU
9
Branch. : ARM
10
Cars. : MOTORS
11
Greedy. : AVID
12
Zane Grey locale. : MESA
13
Part of U.S.A. : ARMY
16
Provides food. : CATERS
20
Swiss-French mountain range. : JURA
23
Yesterday: Fr. : HIER
24
Bath's river. : AVON
25
Much-repeated Biblical word. : BEGAT
26
Leaflike part. : FROND
27
Social affair. : LEVEE
29
Stand ___ of. : INAWE
30
All the details. : INSANDOUTS
31
Anthropoid. : ORANG
32
Salves. : NARDS
34
Social affair. : DANCE
39
___ town. : GOTO
40
Long trip. : TOUR
42
Sitting, as a statue. : SEDENT
44
Cloak. : WRAP
46
Hereditary. : LINEAL
47
Sioux. : DAKOTA
51
Messages. : WIRES
52
Does cleaning work. : MOPS
53
Dies ___. : IRAE
54
Girl's name. : LILA
55
Kind of party. : STAG
57
Work on the farm. : PLOW
58
Melody. : TUNE
60
Thrice a day: Lat. abbr. : TID
61
Chemical suffix. : ANE
62
The Red or the Black. : SEA
Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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