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Herb L. Risteen
New York Times, Friday, September 24, 1954
15-Across : One-third of a Kipling trio.
Author:
H. L. Risteen
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { F J Q Y Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 13, Grid flow: 49.2
Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Herb L. Risteen has 244 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
H. L. Risteen is an alias for Herb L. Risteen.
1 B | 2 E | 3 T | 4 A | 5 R | 6 I | 7 C | 8 K | 9 S | 10 W | 11 H | 12 A | 13 M |
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14 U | G | H | S | 15 A | B | O | N | E | 16 A | E | R | O |
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17 N | O | E | S | 18 I | N | D | I | A | 19 N | R | A | I | D |
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20 A | S | S | E | 21 S | S | 22 T | R | A | M | P | L | E |
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23 I | N | S | I | 24 S | 25 T | 26 I | T | E | ||||||
27 O | 28 N | E | T | E | N | T | H | 29 N | A | D | 30 I | 31 N | 32 E |
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33 C | U | R | S | 34 R | E | 35 I | G | N | 36 D | I | X |
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37 E | R | R | 38 P | 39 R | O | V | O | S | T | 40 A | G | A |
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41 A | S | A | 42 R | E | P | A | D | 43 S | H | E | M |
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44 N | E | S | 45 T | E | R | 46 M | O | 47 N | 48 I | T | O | R | S |
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49 A | C | E | 50 P | L | A | N | E | S | ||||||
51 T | 52 R | 53 I | V | I | A | 54 L | 55 M | A | N | T | 56 L | 57 E |
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58 R | I | D | E | S | R | A | 59 N | 60 G | E | 61 G | R | I | S |
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62 A | V | E | R | 63 E | M | E | E | R | 64 E | E | L | S |
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65 M | E | A | N | 66 D | E | E | M | S | 67 L | E | S | E |
© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,914
Across
1
Greek letter. : BETA
5
Stacks of straw. : RICKS
10
Sound of a sockdolager. : WHAM
14
Injun sounds. : UGHS
15
One-third of a Kipling trio. : ABONE
16
Flying machine. : AERO
17
Negatives. : NOES
18
Dramatic action in a Western. : INDIANRAID
20
Apportion. : ASSESS
22
Tread down. : TRAMPLE
23
Take a firm stand. : INSIST
26
Native of: Suffix. : ITE
27
Church's share. : ONETENTH
29
Singer Conner. : NADINE
33
Nonpedigreed pets. : CURS
34
Dominion. : REIGN
36
Fort ___. : DIX
37
Make a mistake. : ERR
38
College head. : PROVOST
40
Eastern title. : AGA
41
Man's name. : ASA
42
Stuff again. : REPAD
43
Son of Noah. : SHEM
44
Bird in the spring. : NESTER
46
Selected students. : MONITORS
49
A very little. : ACE
50
Joiner's tools. : PLANES
51
Not important. : TRIVIAL
55
Well-known Yankee. : MANTLE
58
What a cowboy does. : RIDESRANGE
61
Gray: French. : GRIS
62
Declare. : AVER
63
Turkish title. : EMEER
64
Lamper ___. : EELS
65
Lacking dignity of mind. : MEAN
66
Composer Taylor. : DEEMS
67
___ majesty. : LESE
Down
1
Artificial rubber. : BUNA
2
Conceits. : EGOS
3
Western mountains. : THESIERRAS
4
Concurs. : ASSENTS
5
Dried fruit. : RAISIN
6
___ Saud : IBN
7
Soft-finned fish. : COD
8
Work with needles. : KNIT
9
Scorchings. : SEARINGS
10
Became animated (with "up"). : WARMED
11
A great number: Colloq. : HEAP
12
Seed covering. : ARIL
13
Way. : MODE
19
Swimming. : NATANT
21
Compass point. : SSE
24
Sharpen. : STROP
25
What Theda Bara was called. : THEVAMP
27
Vast amount. : OCEAN
28
Cherish. : NURSE
30
The white pine. : IDAHOSTREE
31
River into Bight of Benin. : NIGER
32
Student's tribulations. : EXAMS
35
Antiseptic. : IODOL
38
Concise statement. : PRECIS
39
Rebuilt. : REREARED
43
A mighty Casey. : STENGEL
45
The Mermaid. : TAVERN
47
Designators. : NAMERS
48
Win ___ walk. : INA
51
Vehicle. : TRAM
52
Split. : RIVE
53
Impression. : IDEA
54
Unsatisfactory. : LAME
56
"Diamond" and others. : LILS
57
Latin verb. : ESSE
59
Born: French. : NEE
60
Zircon. : GEM
Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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