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Herb L. Risteen
Herb L. Risteen

New York Times, Monday, January 12, 1959

47-Down : Siberian river.

Author:
H. L. Risteen
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { Q Z }, Scrabble score: 310 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 24.3
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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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,468
Across
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Boston's ___ Bay. : BACK
5
Citron, for example. : FRUIT
10
Social affair. : PROM
14
Century plant. : ALOE
15
Memorable novel of 1869. : LORNADOONE
17
Portray. : LIMN
18
American writer of Westerns. : OWENWISTER
19
Year in the reign of Claudius I. : LII
20
Buffalo Bill. : CODY
21
Legal paper. : LEASE
22
Careful. : CHARY
24
Korean border river. : YALU
26
Sailing vessels. : SLOOPS
28
Native of the Balearic Islands. : MAJORCAN
32
Primitive abode. : TEPEE
33
Sacred writings. : KORAN
34
Tint. : HUE
35
Affirm. : AVER
36
New York City borough. : BRONX
37
Crumbly soil. : MARL
38
Sea: Fr. : MER
39
Social misfits. : BOORS
40
Where Durban is. : NATAL
41
Military units. : PLATOONS
43
Sharply. : TARTLY
44
___ mater. : ALMA
45
Menu item. : PUREE
46
Shoptalk. : SLANG
49
Drove. : HERD
50
Huzza. : RAH
53
Native of the Great Smokies. : TENNESSEAN
56
Skillful. : ABLE
57
Area between. : INTERSPACE
58
Ballot. : VOTE
59
Foray. : RAID
60
___ polo. : WATER
61
Book of the Bible: Abbr. : EXOD
Down
1
Debutante event. : BALL
2
Et ___. : ALII
3
Popular stage fare. : COMICOPERA
4
Mental perception. : KEN
5
Knocks down. : FLOORS
6
Quarrelsome. : ROWDY
7
Nuclear scientist, Nobel prize winner. : UREY
8
Colonial gathering place. : INN
9
Marble. : TAW
10
Affected person. : POSEUR
11
Church court. : ROTA
12
Numbers. : ONES
13
Body of water: Poet. : MERE
16
Marshal ___. : DILLON
20
Headland. : CAPE
23
Farm worker. : HOER
24
Stories. : YARNS
25
Achilles' aide. : AJAX
26
Kind. : STAMP
27
Carpenter's tool. : LEVEL
28
Tracts of land. : MOORS
29
Nonstop talker. : CHATTERBOX
30
Of the ear. : AURAL
31
Miss Bly, rival of Phileas Fogg. : NELLY
33
Swedish coin. : KRONA
36
Spar. : BOOM
37
Farm animal. : MARE
39
Actor of "Charley's Aunt" fame. : BOLGER
40
Sweet-smelling ointment. : NARD
42
Sunburned. : TANNED
43
Operator of a lathe. : TURNER
45
Canadian river. : PEACE
46
Commotion. : STIR
47
Siberian river. : LENA
48
Opposed. : ANTI
49
Ardor. : HEAT
51
Singer. : ALTO
52
Careful notice. : HEED
54
Compass point. : SSW
55
Belgian city. : SPA
56
Prayer. : AVE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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