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Herb L. Risteen
Herb L. Risteen

New York Times, Monday, November 21, 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 X Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Grid flow: 24.1 Grid has duplicate clues.
Herb L. Risteen has 244 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,327
Across
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Window part : SASH
5
Broadside salute : SALVO
10
City section : SLUM
14
Mental image : IDEA
15
Violently : AMAIN
16
Person from Poznan : POLE
17
Western tourist attraction : CARLSBADCAVERNS
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Kind of cat : MALTESE
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Territories : AREAS
22
Possessive pronoun : OURS
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___ Sunday : PALM
25
Brings forth : SPAWNS
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Ranee's raiment : SARI
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Danube port : ULM
32
Pennsylvania city : ERIE
33
Studio spinners : DISCS
34
Show displeasure : BOO
35
Western tourist attraction : GARDENOFTHEGODS
39
Was corrosive : ATE
40
Tersely witty : SALTY
41
"A ___ to Live": O'Hara : RAGE
42
Influenced : LED
43
Knapsacks : KITS
44
Roofing material : SLATES
46
Wire measures : MILS
47
Climb in a certain way : SHIN
48
Choicest part : CREAM
51
Get by fraud : SWINDLE
54
Western tourist attraction : YELLOWSTONEPARK
58
Peevish state : SNIT
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"Windy City" airport : OHARE
60
Norse inscription : RUNE
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Make a throw : TOSS
62
Proceeds : WENDS
63
Delightful spot : EDEN
Down
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Incite to attack : SIC
2
Bede or Smith : ADAM
3
Immunizing agents : SERA
4
Consecrated : HALLOWED
5
Quondam weapons : SABERS
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Accumulate : AMASS
7
Take on cargo : LADE
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London's Old ___ : VIC
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Go ___ spree : ONA
10
___ whales : SPERM
11
Woodcraft, e.g. : LORE
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It's below the humerus : ULNA
13
Military meal : MESS
18
Stupefy : STUN
19
Luggage piece : VALISE
23
Meat pie : PASTY
24
Cunning : ARCH
25
"Oliver's Story" author : SEGAL
26
Say in an empty way : PRATE
27
Expressed publicly : AIRED
28
Examines carefully : SIFTS
29
War vessel : UBOAT
30
Indian abode : LODGE
31
Interviewee on Mt. Sinai : MOSES
33
No honor students they : DOLTS
36
Nanook of the North : ESKIMO
37
Do carpentry work : NAIL
38
Village in a poem of 1847 : GRANDPRE
44
Is conspicuous : SHINES
45
Something travelers drop : LINE
46
Fountain treats : MALTS
47
Word with fish or grass : SWORD
48
Saclike structure : CYST
49
Custer's last major : RENO
50
Olympics' first site : ELIS
51
Smith of the courts : STAN
52
Give kudos : LAUD
53
Relative of a fish eagle : ERNE
55
Howling success : WOW
56
Haggard novel : SHE
57
Understanding : KEN

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