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Herb L. Risteen
Herb L. Risteen

New York Times, Friday, October 14, 1977

Author:
Herb L. Risteen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 23.5
Herb L. Risteen has 244 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

Error in 22-Down clue — acute accent over "a" should be over the second "n" instead; left as in original.

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H
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B
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K
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G
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A
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H
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M
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D
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,289
Across
1
Strikes : HITS
5
Lake herring : CISCO
10
Alaskan island : ATTU
14
Oral carbon copy : ECHO
15
Famed fur merchant : ASTOR
16
Accordingly : THUS
17
Strip : PEEL
18
Gay ___ (playboy) : BLADE
19
Coop group : HENS
20
More cloudy : SMOKIER
22
Model : POSER
23
Prayer word : AMEN
24
Goldlike alloy : ORMOLU
27
Criteria; general rules : CANONS
29
Umpire's cry : FOUL
30
Find fault with on petty grounds : NAG
33
___ acids : AMINO
34
Maltreat : ABUSE
35
"Stay Alive ___ Your Life": Peale : ALL
36
Telescope part : LENS
37
Where Mt. Ida is : CRETE
38
Muse of history : CLIO
39
Omaha Beach craft : LST
40
Commonplace : TRITE
41
Barrister's bread and butter : CASES
42
Ski wood : ASH
43
Jumble : HASH
44
Fraternal order : MASONS
45
Glossy paint : ENAMEL
47
Affirm : AVER
48
Exorcist's target : DEMON
50
Peculiar to a particular people or locality : ENDEMIC
53
Reputation : ODOR
54
Orchard pest : APHID
56
Court star : ASHE
58
Biblical oldster : ENOS
59
"Goodnight" girl : IRENE
60
Small duck : TEAL
61
Showing good sense : SANE
62
Appian Way traveler : ROMAN
63
Catch sight of : ESPY
Down
1
Informed: Slang : HEP
2
Frozen desserts : ICES
3
Outer-space illusion : THEMANINTHEMOON
4
Pacific island group : SOLOMONS
5
Frontier abodes : CABINS
6
___ of Pines, in the Caribbean : ISLE
7
Plant also called "summer snowflake" : STAROFBETHLEHEM
8
Cape shaped like a lobster's claw : COD
9
Mine output : ORE
10
Massachusetts city : ATHOL
11
Novel about "the lost generation" : THESUNALSORISES
12
Platter matter : TUNE
13
World power : USSR
21
Gambling game : KENO
22
Person from Poznán : POLE
25
Chisholm Trail, e.g. : ROUTE
26
Meditate : MUSE
27
Species of lily : CALLA
28
Make ___ of (foul up) : AMESS
31
Foreign : ALIEN
32
Explanation or sleekness : GLOSS
34
Have origin : ARISE
37
Study strenuously : CRAM
38
Bombproof chamber in a fort : CASEMATE
40
Holier ___ thou : THAN
41
Bear ___ (police station, in C.B. lingo) : CAVE
44
Make furious : MADDEN
46
Crew for Eric the Red : NORSE
48
Performs : DOES
49
Novelist Ferber : EDNA
51
Ship on which Columbus returned : NINA
52
Roughen, as skin, from cold : CHAP
54
Word with lane or line : AIR
55
Bear or Lion : PRO
57
English cathedral town : ELY

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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