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Herb L. Risteen
Herb L. Risteen

New York Times, Monday, January 7, 1980

Author:
Herb L. Risteen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, 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. 11,017
Across
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Vain fellow : FOP
4
Track athlete : MILER
9
Chef's direction : STIR
13
Mine entrance : ADIT
15
Like a football : OVATE
16
Starchy plant : TARO
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U.S. annexation: 1845 : REPUBLICOFTEXAS
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Exists (in) : RESIDES
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Sheeplike : OVINE
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Vehicle pulled by malamutes : SLED
23
Decide : RULE
25
Lane user : BOWLER
28
Clothe : VEST
29
Intelligent : APT
32
Great Lakes port : ERIE
33
Calcutta clothing : SAREE
34
Patriotic org. : DAR
35
U.S. real estate deal: 1853 : GADSDENPURCHASE
39
Was corrosive : ATE
40
Violently : AMAIN
41
French river : OISE
42
Folding money : TEN
43
Nomadic Moslem : KURD
44
Striped : BARRED
46
Portion : DOSE
47
City on the Rhine : BONN
48
Pass along the edge : SKIRT
51
Most skillful : NEATEST
54
U.S. statehood entrant: 1907 : INDIANTERRITORY
58
Battery unit : CELL
59
Publicized : AIRED
60
River inlet : SLUE
61
Ship section : KEEL
62
"___ and Saddles," book by Custer's wife : BOOTS
63
Private room : DEN
Down
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By ___ (very much) : FAR
2
Breslau's river : ODER
3
___ up (speak) : PIPE
4
Crumble : MOLDER
5
Like some campus buildings : IVIED
6
Preservatives : LACS
7
Ike's one-time command : ETO
8
Sports official, for short : REF
9
An Allen : STEVE
10
Call heard often in Manhattan : TAXI
11
OPEC country : IRAN
12
___ of Sharon : ROSE
14
Scuffles : TUSSLES
18
Ill humor : BILE
19
Early Mexican Indian : TOLTEC
23
TV movie, at times : RERUN
24
Patron : USER
25
Oft-repeated verb in Genesis : BEGAT
26
Spout : ORATE
27
Extend : WIDEN
28
Dull : VAPID
29
"Robin ___," English song : ADAIR
30
Outmoded : PASSE
31
Cornered : TREED
33
Pitfall : SNARE
36
Siouan Indian : DAKOTA
37
Big birds : EMUS
38
Only their queens survive winter : HORNETS
44
Sides of a rink : BOARDS
45
He's opposed to the pros : ANTI
46
Carpentry tool : DRILL
47
Le Havre hat : BERET
48
Indisposed : SICK
49
Kind of pad or hole : KNEE
50
Empty : IDLE
51
Agrippina's boy : NERO
52
Was very persuasive : SOLD
53
Accurate : TRUE
55
Seize : NAB
56
Cádiz uncle : TIO
57
Desire : YEN

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