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Herb L. Risteen
New York Times, Saturday, October 9, 1976
52-Across : Taylor successor
Author:
Herb L. Risteen
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { G J Q U X Z }, Scrabble score: 292 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 48.9
Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
Herb L. Risteen has 244 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 H | 2 O | 3 W | 4 E | 5 C | 6 A | 7 R | 8 A | 9 T | 10 P | 11 O | 12 E |
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13 A | R | I | L | 14 A | L | I | C | E | 15 A | R | A | L |
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16 T | A | L | K | 17 O | N | E | S | H | E | 18 A | D | O | F | F |
19 E | L | L | 20 I | N | R | E | 21 L | A | C | S | ||||
22 I | 23 S | L | E | T | 24 S | 25 T | A | R | R | |||||
26 S | 27 T | A | T | E | D | 28 F | L | A | T | 29 A | 30 A | 31 R |
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32 A | I | M | E | R | 33 B | L | A | K | E | 34 S | K | I |
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35 V | A | M | P | 36 F | R | A | M | E | 37 A | T | E | N |
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38 O | R | C | 39 S | L | A | P | S | 40 B | L | I | N | K |
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41 Y | A | K | 42 H | E | W | S | 43 S | E | I | N | E | S |
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44 I | 45 D | E | A | L | 46 S | T | R | I | A | |||||
47 S | N | O | B | 48 A | M | O | Y | 49 T | 50 A | 51 D |
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52 M | I | L | L | A | 53 R | 54 D | F | I | L | L | 55 M | O | R | E |
56 A | L | E | E | 57 O | V | A | T | E | 58 E | R | I | E |
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59 T | O | Y | 60 W | I | R | E | S | 61 T | S | A | R |
© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,919
Across
1
Sewing-machine inventor : HOWE
5
Weight unit : CARAT
10
Miss Lee's creator : POE
13
Seed casing : ARIL
14
Blue girl : ALICE
15
Soviet sea : ARAL
16
Be verbose : TALKONESHEADOFF
19
Building part : ELL
20
Concerning : INRE
21
Varnish bases : LACS
22
Sea spot : ISLET
24
Bart or Brenda : STARR
26
Announced : STATED
28
"Tortilla ___" : FLAT
29
Swiss river : AAR
32
Marksman : AIMER
33
English poet : BLAKE
34
Engage in a sport : SKI
35
Flirt : VAMP
36
Shape : FRAME
37
Solar disk : ATEN
38
Grampus : ORC
39
Chastises : SLAPS
40
On the ___ (out of order) : BLINK
41
Asian animal : YAK
42
Cuts : HEWS
43
Fishing gear : SEINES
44
Perfect : IDEAL
46
Furrow : STRIA
47
Haughty one : SNOB
48
Chinese island : AMOY
49
Young person : TAD
52
Taylor successor : MILLARDFILLMORE
56
Nautical term : ALEE
57
Egg-shaped : OVATE
58
Great Lakes port : ERIE
59
Trifle : TOY
60
Messages : WIRES
61
Monarch : TSAR
Down
1
Abhor : HATE
2
Exam : ORAL
3
Cleveland successor : WILLIAMMCKINLEY
4
Game animal : ELK
5
___ goods : CANNED
6
Vigilant : ALERT
7
Singer Stevens : RISE
8
Oh, in Frankfurt : ACH
9
Driving area : TEE
10
Devotees of tomorrow : PROCRASTINATORS
11
Blockheads : OAFS
12
Sprite : ELF
15
Jewish month : ADAR
17
Engine tender : OILER
18
Winglike : ALATE
23
Procedure : STEP
24
Bridge bids : SLAMS
25
Capture : TAKE
26
G. & S. place : SAVOY
27
Headdress : TIARA
28
Tabs : FLAPS
30
One-seeded fruit: Var. : AKENE
31
Sport arenas : RINKS
33
Fracas : BRAWL
36
Champion jumper : FLEA
37
Et ___ : ALII
39
William Inge's dog : SHEBA
40
Gemstone : BERYL
43
Scarves : STOLES
45
Kansas Senator : DOLE
46
Hit hard : SMITE
47
Farm structure : SILO
48
At a distance : AFAR
50
Diva's forte : ARIA
51
Norman Mailer's park : DEER
52
Place ___ : MAT
53
Squabble : ROW
54
Roman 506 : DVI
55
Encountered : MET
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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