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Herb L. Risteen
Herb L. Risteen

New York Times, Tuesday, January 29, 1957

Author:
H. L. Risteen
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q W Y Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 33.0 Grid has double diagonal symmetry. 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.
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,772
Across
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Evaluated. : GRADED
7
Dashing fellow. : BLADE
12
Dreamy piece of music. : REVERIE
14
Like a certain beast. : LEONINE
16
Where Anniston is. : ALABAMA
17
Solve. : UNRAVEL
18
Road surfacing. : TAR
19
Made tranquil. : SERENED
21
Big bird. : EMU
22
Choose your ___. : EXIT
24
Openings. : SLOTS
25
Storage battery plate. : GRID
26
Stage scenery. : DECOR
28
Those holding office. : INS
29
Railroad signal flare. : FUSEE
30
Removes from authority. : DEPOSES
32
Sharpeners. : HONES
33
Man of the ___. : HOUR
34
Marjoram. : HERB
35
Turn at bowling. : FRAME
37
American vultures. : CONDORS
40
Blurts out. : BLATS
41
Little bit. : DAB
42
Rhone tributary. : SAONE
44
Criticizes, in headline parlance. : RAPS
45
Popular comedian. : BURNS
47
New Mexico tourist town. : TAOS
48
Fitting. : APT
49
Type of table. : CONSOLE
51
Negative. : NOT
52
Italian ice cream. : SPUMONE
54
Popular comedian. : BOBHOPE
56
Aguascalientes apparel. : SERAPES
57
Mr. Rayburn. : SPEAKER
58
Torn places. : RENTS
59
Finishers. : ENDERS
Down
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Had an annoying effect. : GRATED
2
At ease. : RELAXED
3
Greed. : AVARICE
4
Socialite. : DEB
5
Historic times. : ERAS
6
Small change. : DIMES
7
Former Czech leader. : BENES
8
Author of "A Night to Remember." : LORD
9
Collection of facts. : ANA
10
Varied. : DIVERSE
11
Hostile forces. : ENEMIES
13
Occurring farther back. : EARLIER
14
Theatrical team. : LUNTS
15
Escape. : ELUDE
20
Untold centuries. : EONS
23
They've lost out to Homburgs. : TOPHATS
25
Small armed ship. : GUNBOAT
27
Studies. : ROOMS
29
Glenn and Henry. : FORDS
31
Petition. : SUE
32
Fowl. : HEN
34
Associates intimately (with). : HOBNOBS
35
Girl of the 1920's. : FLAPPER
36
Great joy. : RAPTURE
37
Vehicles. : CARS
38
City in Virginia. : ROANOKE
39
Keyhole watcher. : SNOOPER
40
___ band. : BRASS
41
Types of hills. : DUNES
43
Acid salts. : ESTERS
45
Make no ___ about (admit freely). : BONES
46
Incline. : SLOPE
49
Egyptian native. : COPT
50
Bacheller hero. : EBEN
53
Isle of ___. : MAN
55
Experienced. : HAD

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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