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Herb L. Risteen
Herb L. Risteen

New York Times, Wednesday, August 6, 1958

29-Across : Ad ___ (for this case only).

Author:
H. L. Risteen
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 302 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 24.2
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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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,326
Across
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Migratory worker. : HOBO
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Hardened into a mass. : CAKED
10
Vegetable. : PEAS
14
Improve. : AMELIORATE
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Speak falteringly. : LISP
17
Great name in the theatre. : HELENHAYES
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16,000,000 square miles. : ASIA
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Insect. : ANT
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Goddess of youth. : HEBE
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Shrewdest. : CUTEST
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Pronoun. : HERS
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"Cry the Beloved Country" author. : PATON
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To be relied upon. : SECURE
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Charles ___ Gibson. : DANA
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Ad ___ (for this case only). : HOC
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Minister-author. : PEALE
33
Capital of Western Australia. : PERTH
34
Ab___ (from the egg): Lat. : OVO
35
Heavenly bear. : URSA
36
Inclines. : TENDS
37
Go in the pool. : SWIM
38
Inlet. : RIA
39
Massenet opera. : THAIS
40
New Hampshire city. : KEENE
41
Bird's beak. : NEB
42
Islet in a river (used in place names). : HOLM
43
Storage place. : GARRET
44
Appears dimly. : LOOMS
46
Stimulates: Slang. : PEPS
47
Piece of china. : TEACUP
49
Weather abbreviation. : TEMP
50
City square: Abbr. : BLK
53
Department of France. : ORNE
54
Plundering. : SPOLIATION
57
Mineral silicate. : MICA
58
Apparent. : OSTENSIBLE
59
Edible seed. : BEAN
60
Japanese in America. : NISEI
61
Cabbage dish. : SLAW
Down
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Mirthful exclamation. : HAHA
2
Portent. : OMEN
3
Haberdashery item. : BELT
4
Spanish "bravo." : OLE
5
Hold together. : COHERE
6
Middle Easterners. : ARABS
7
The "Children's Ambassador." : KAYE
8
Summer: Fr. : ETE
9
Talks at length. : DESCANTS
10
Great philosopher. : PLATO
11
Dr. Milton. : EISENHOWER
12
Without any changes, commercially speaking. : ASIS
13
Sound of a raindrop. : SPAT
15
Exist, as a quality. : INHERE
22
Mining state. : UTAH
23
Native dance. : HULA
24
Cowboy's comrades:Slang. : PARDS
25
Refuse with disdain. : SPURN
26
Uncanny. : EERIE
27
Moroccan metropolis. : CASABLANCA
28
Coarse cotton. : DENIM
30
Sheeplike. : OVINE
31
One of Santa's reindeer. : COMET
33
Thunder sounds. : PEALS
36
Creator of Eloise. : THOMPSON
37
Weights of India. : SERS
39
Poetic pronoun. : THOU
40
Sorority girls: Colloq. : KAPPAS
43
Zodiac sign. : GEMINI
45
Two-thirds of the earth's surface. : OCEAN
46
Martinique mountain. : PELEE
47
Pyramid of Cheops, for example : TOMB
48
Cleveland's lake. : ERIE
49
Small fry. : TOTS
50
Having to do with books: Abbr. : BIBL
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"Damn Yankees"girl. : LOLA
52
Recognized. : KNEW
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Greek letter. : PSI
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Poetic verbal contraction. : TIS

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

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