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Herb L. Risteen
Herb L. Risteen

New York Times, Tuesday, January 22, 1980

Author:
Herb L. Risteen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 23.3
Herb L. Risteen has 244 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,032
Across
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Word with color or white : OFF
4
German state : HESSE
9
Israelite king : AHAB
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Instrument that Arthur Marx played : HARP
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Spartan magistrate : EPHOR
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Tra-___ : LALA
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Red jasmine emanation : ODOR
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Cheese variety : GOUDA
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Growl : GNAR
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Self-centered one : EGOTIST
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Dickens villain : FAGIN
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Building beam : IBAR
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Relative of hi-fi : STEREO
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___ goose : CANADA
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Sarah ___ Jewett : ORNE
30
Dir. from Paris to Calais : NNW
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Baltic dwellers : LETTS
34
Derogatory : SNIDE
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Mai ___ (rum cocktail) : TAI
36
Arthur of the courts : ASHE
37
Short distances : STEPS
38
Leg part : SHIN
39
Fictitious defendant : ROE
40
Work incentive : RAISE
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Irritate : PEEVE
42
Make a choice : OPT
43
Flirt : OGLE
44
Made binding : SEALED
45
Simple : HOMELY
47
Prefix with sphere or stich : HEMI
48
Sculpt : CARVE
50
Winter wear : EARLAPS
53
Century plant : ALOE
54
Rashness : HASTE
56
Egyptian goddess : ISIS
58
Federal agt. : GMAN
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Following devotedly : INTOW
60
Bygone bird : DODO
61
Is corrosive : EATS
62
Organ parts : STOPS
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Where to find cattails : FEN
Down
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Exclamation of surprise : OHO
2
Lose vigor : FADE
3
Cause of hoarseness : FROGINTHETHROAT
4
Flight : HEGIRA
5
Heroic tale : EPOS
6
Ignores : SHUTSONESEYESTO
7
Do lawn work : SOD
8
Period : ERA
9
Water growths : ALGAE
10
Be very attentive : HANGONTHELIPSOF
11
Jai ___ : ALAI
12
Storage structure : BARN
14
Establish a will : PROBATE
21
Young fellows : TADS
22
Kind of verse or trade : FREE
25
Worthless writing : TRIPE
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At loose ___ : ENDS
27
Relative of a panatela : CLARO
28
Greek writer : AESOP
31
Artless : NAIVE
32
Courted with port : WINED
34
Tranquil : STILL
37
Wise one : SAGE
38
Ocean nymph : SEAMAID
40
City in northern Georgia : ROME
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Strip : PEEL
44
Mouselike mammals : SHREWS
46
Heating devices : OVENS
48
Confine : CAGE
49
___ mater : ALMA
51
At the summit : ATOP
52
Support : SIDE
54
Possessive pronoun : HIS
55
Worker on a hill : ANT
57
One of the Trinity : SON

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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