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Herb L. Risteen
New York Times, Tuesday, October 22, 1963
Author:
H. L. Risteen
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 21.0
Herb L. Risteen has 244 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
H. L. Risteen is an alias for Herb L. Risteen.
1 B | 2 E | 3 L | 4 L | 5 O | 6 M | 7 A | 8 H | 9 A | 10 V | 11 A | 12 M | 13 P |
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14 A | L | A | I | 15 R | U | L | E | R | 16 I | L | I | A |
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17 T | A | K | E | 18 I | N | T | O | A | C | 19 C | O | U | N | T |
20 E | M | E | N | D | A | T | E | D | 21 O | L | I | G | O |
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22 E | T | S | 23 S | R | I | |||||||||
24 V | 25 A | 26 L | 27 I | S | E | 28 S | 29 P | O | O | N | 30 E | 31 D | ||
32 A | B | O | N | 33 S | T | E | R | N | 34 S | R | 35 O |
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36 T | U | R | N | 37 S | 38 O | N | E | S | B | A | 39 C | K | O | N |
40 S | T | R | 41 A | D | A | P | T | 42 M | E | N | U |
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43 S | E | 44 A | L | E | G | S | 45 S | 46 H | I | R | E | S |
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47 S | A | R | 48 I | C | E | |||||||||
49 C | 50 A | 51 S | C | A | 52 L | 53 A | B | O | R | 54 I | 55 O | 56 U | 57 S |
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58 I | N | C | O | M | 59 M | E | N | S | U | R | A | B | L | E |
60 T | O | U | T | 61 D | A | T | E | R | 62 M | A | N | X |
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63 E | N | D | S | 64 S | P | I | N | S | 65 A | D | A | Y |
© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,196
Across
1
American inventor. : BELL
5
Prairie metropolis. : OMAHA
10
Movie star, old style. : VAMP
14
Jai ___. : ALAI
15
Schoolroom need. : RULER
16
Dorsal bones. : ILIA
17
Reckon with. : TAKEINTOACCOUNT
20
Rectified. : EMENDATED
21
Few: Prefix. : OLIGO
22
Noun suffixes. : ETS
23
Hindu title. : SRI
24
Luggage item. : VALISE
28
Took up food. : SPOONED
32
___ marché (cheap): Fr. : ABON
33
Noted violinist. : STERN
34
Rialto sign. : SRO
36
Forsakes. : TURNSONESBACKON
40
Vessel: Abbr. : STR
41
Conform. : ADAPT
42
Cookbook item. : MENU
43
Ocean voyage boon. : SEALEGS
45
Dorset and others. : SHIRES
47
Patriotic group. : SAR
48
Dessert. : ICE
49
Conspirator against Caesar. : CASCA
52
Toilsome. : LABORIOUS
58
Utterly. : INCOMMENSURABLE
60
___ ensemble. : TOUT
61
Type of rubber stamp. : DATER
62
Of the Isle of Man. : MANX
63
Concludes. : ENDS
64
Whirls. : SPINS
65
Call it ___. : ADAY
Down
1
Diminish. : BATE
2
Ancient Asian kingdom. : ELAM
3
Crimson ___. : LAKE
4
Legal paper. : LIEN
5
Decorated. : ORNATE
6
Namesakes of comic character. : MUTTS
7
Century plant. : ALOE
8
Source. : HEAD
9
Spark stream. : ARC
10
One of the strings. : VIOLIN
11
His: Fr. : ALUI
12
Chinese dynasty. : MING
13
Duck: Sp. : PATO
18
Roman time. : IDES
19
Long cigar. : CORONA
23
Tree of the apple family. : SORB
24
Casks. : VATS
25
Touches on. : ABUTS
26
Hollywood name. : LORRE
27
Dewdrop ___. : INN
28
Degrees. : STEPS
29
Troublemaker. : PEST
30
Glacial ridge. : ESKER
31
Speak monotonously. : DRONE
33
Tear, as in cloth. : SNAG
35
Burden. : ONUS
37
Respectful greeting. : SALAAM
38
Breslau's river. : ODER
39
10th cen. date. : CMI
44
Scarves. : ASCOTS
45
Makes clean and bright. : SCOURS
46
Masculine title. : HERR
48
Noted dramatist. : IBSEN
49
Mention. : CITE
50
Presently. : ANON
51
Move swiftly. : SCUD
52
Spring. : LEAP
53
Hostile to: Prefix. : ANTI
54
"___ man of destiny." : IAMA
55
O.T. book: Abbr. : OBAD
56
Bone. : ULNA
57
Like some fiction. : SEXY
59
Harley Street tenants. : MDS
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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